Legal Opinion
Burks Bros. of Virginia, Inc. v. Jones
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided October 10, 1986No. Record 831130PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRussell, J.
This appeal involves the determination of public and private rights in a mountain trail and in a portion of an abandoned public road.
There is no significant factual dispute. The controversy concerns access to lands near the Peaks of Otter in Bedford County, on a long mountain which extends Irom Antioch Church on the southwest to Bedford Lake on the northeast. The mountain is paralleled by two public roads: Route 122 on its southeast side and Route 640 on its northwest side. The two roads are connected by Route 639, which crosses the northeastern end of the mountain near Bedford Lake. That…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Bates v. DeversSupreme Court of Virginia · 1974
- Craig v. KennedySupreme Court of Virginia · 1961
- Bradford v. Nature ConservancySupreme Court of Virginia · 1982
- Brown v. Tazewell County Water & Sewerage AuthoritySupreme Court of Virginia · 1983
- Stanley v. MullinsSupreme Court of Virginia · 1948
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Pettus v. KeelingSupreme Court of Virginia · 1987
- Raney v. Four Thirty Seven Land Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1987
- Ward v. HarperSupreme Court of Virginia · 1987
- Mulford v. Walnut Hill Farm Group, LLCSupreme Court of Virginia · 2011
- Dotson v. HarmanSupreme Court of Virginia · 1986
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