Purcell v. Conrad
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from decree of circuit court of Middlesex county, rendered May 5th, 1886, in a certain suit wherein William C. Conrad was plaintiff, and John Purcell and others, were defendants.
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Appeal from decree of circuit court of Middlesex county, rendered May 5th, 1886, in a certain suit wherein William C. Conrad was plaintiff, and John Purcell and others, were defendants. The bill sets forth that plaintiff was a citizen ,of Virginia, and the fee-simple owner of land on Piankatank river, with water front suitable for planting oysters; that he applied under § 6, ch. 254, Acts 1883-84, approved March 4, 1884, to the inspector to assign him on said front sufficient bottom to plant oysters; that inspector, May 4th, 1884, assigned him one-fourth of said front and designated the same,…
1Opinion of the Court
Lewis, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
The case, as presented by the pleadings, lies within a narrow' compass, and may be briefly disposed of. The decree appealed from is sought to be sustained on two grounds. The first is that the act, approved August 27, 1884, under which the defendants—the appellants here—claim, is unconstitutional and void, because it impairs the vested rights of the complainant under the sixth section of the act, approved March 4, 1884, entitled “ an act for the preservation of oysters,” etc. Acts 1883-84, p. 225, § 6; Acts (extra session) 1884, p. 37, § 6.
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