Gish v. City of Roanoke
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree of the Court' of Law and Chancery of the city of Roanoke. Decree for the defendants. Complainant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtSims, J.
The land involved in this suit is shown by the following diagram:
Mrs. Nannie E. Gish claims that she owns the land A, B, C, D. The city of Roanoke claims that it owns the land a, b, C, D, and that the land a, A, B, b, has been dedicated to and accepted' by the city as a public *521street. Mrs. Brophy, the owner of lot 4 claims that the land a, A, B, b, is a street or right of way appurtenant to her lot.
Prior to 1889, S. H. Gish and Nannie E. Gish were the owners of all this land and also of land to the south, east and north of it. In March, 1883, there was a map made by Skinker and Simpson,…
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