City of Staunton v. Cash

By petition filed against the City of Staunton, Robert W. Cash and Janet H. Cash alleged that the City had wrongfully denied them a permit to construct a dwelling on two residential lots they owned in a subdivision located in Staunton. In the petition, the Cashes prayed for a declaratory judgment establishing their right to con struct the dwelling and to use a dedicated but unpaved street upon which the lots abut. After a hearing, the trial court held (1) that the Cashes were entitled to a building permit, and (2) that the City should accept into its street system and widen, surface, improve,…