Neale v. Farinholt
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to judgment of circuit court of Essex county, rendered March 15th, 1882, on error to judgment of county court of said county, rendered October 20th, 1880. The last mentioned judgment dismissed with costs, the petition of William H. Farinholt, the appellee, for the privilege to erect a wharf at Bowen’s, in said county, on Rappahannock river.
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Error to judgment of circuit court of Essex county, rendered March 15th, 1882, on error to judgment of county court of said county, rendered October 20th, 1880. The last mentioned judgment dismissed with costs, the petition of William H. Farinholt, the appellee, for the privilege to erect a wharf at Bowen’s, in said county, on Rappahannock river. Without hill of exceptions to the rulings of the county court spreading on the record the evidence, hut with the consent of the parties inserted in the order of dismission, that instead of reducing to writing the evidence which was before the county…
1Opinion of the CourtLacy, J.
The appellants are the riparian owners of the land on either side of the public road leading to Bowen’s landing, in the county of Essex, on the Rappahannock river. The appellee is the owner of a wharf built at the said landing, by the said appellee, by authority of the county court some years ago. At the September term of the said county court, in the year 1880, the said appellee applied, after notice, to the said court for leave to erect another wharf at the said place to be used for the erection of a store-house thereon for storage, &c. The application was resisted by the said appellants,…
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