Legal Opinion
Barter Foundation, Inc. v. Widener
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided January 16, 2004No. Record 022409PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Koontz
In this appeal, we consider the rights of owners of land with respect to an adjoining undeveloped parcel that was dedicated for use as a public street in 1944, but which has never been formally accepted by the governing public authority.
BACKGROUND
On April 22, 1940, Investors Service Corporation conveyed to Benson S. Alleman a 50-acre tract in the Town of Abingdon (the Town) that formerly had been a portion of the land owned by, and containing the buildings of, Stonewall Jackson College. Alleman subdivided two sections of that property by separate plats in May and June of 1943 respectively.…
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