Legal Opinion
Shooting Point, L.L.C. v. Wescoat
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided February 28, 2003No. Record 020801; Record 020803PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Keenan
In this appeal, we primarily consider whether the chancellor erred in determining the location of an easement and in ruling that the proposed use of the dominant estate as a residential subdivision would not overburden the servient estate.
John W. Wescoat owns a tract of land in Northampton County (the Wescoat parcel) that is subject to a recorded easement in favor of a 176-acre tract owned by Shooting Point, L.L.C. (the Shooting Point parcel). The easement, which is 15 feet wide and 0.3 mile in length, is the only means of ingress and egress between the Shooting Point parcel and a nearby…
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