Darling v. City of Newport News
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of the city of Newport News. Decree for defendant. Complainant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtPrentis, J.
The appellant filed his bill against the appellee, basing his claim for relief upon the fact that he is the lessee from the State of very valuable oyster planting grounds located in Hampton Roads, on the northern side thereof near the city of Newport News, and that a considerable portion, thereof has already been damaged and the oysters thereon polluted because • of the sewer system of the city, which conducts sewage into Salter’s creek and thence into the tidal waters of Hampton Roads, across appellant's oyster beds, and that other and greater damage therefrom is probable. To this bill the…
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