Ord v. Fugate

Edward C. Ord, David Ord Alexander, and Bernard H. Kelley, the plaintiffs, filed a motion for declaratory judgment against Douglas B. Fugate, State Highway Commissioner of Virginia, the defendant. The motion alleged that the plaintiffs were the fee simple owners of certain parcels of land in Loudoun County, Virginia, bordering upon State Route 740, which road constituted the sole means of access from the plaintiffs’ property to Route 619, the main highway.

The motion further alleged that Route 740 was in an “untravelable state and condition” and that the plaintiffs were “thus deprived of the…