Whittington v. Mann

Oscar Mann, one of the appellees, filed a bill for specific performance of a contract by Thomas Clark, the other appellee, to purchase a lot of ground contiguous to a platted development called Herring Bay View, which Mann had subdivided into lots. Clark’s answer alleged that Alrano Whittington, the appellant, owner of two lots in Herring Bay View, claimed a right of way thirty feet wide along two sides of the piece of ground he had bought. He filed a cross-bill against Mann for the diminution in the value of the lot that Whittington’s right of way, if established, would cause, and…