Legal Opinion
Middleton v. Johnston
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided January 16, 1981No. Record 790035PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCompton, J.
In this appeal of an equity suit involving adjoining landowners, we consider whether a right of way by necessity has been established.
In June of 1973, appellees Brice Johnston, Jr., and M. Teresa S. Johnston, his wife, plaintiffs below, filed a bill of complaint against appellants Robert Middleton and Fred Cook, defendants below. Also sued were Horace Strickler and Harry Strickler, trading as Strickler Brothers. Plaintiffs own a 98-acre parcel of land situated in Pulaski County near Claytor Lake. The parcel lies generally south of Hiwassee and east of the New River.
Plaintiffs alleged that in…
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