Taylor v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of the city of Richmond in a suit in chancery wherein the appellant was the complainant, and the appellees were the defendants.
1Opinion of the Court
Keith, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
Appellant filed her bill in the Circuit Court of the city of Richmond, in which she states that she is the owner in fee simple of a tract of land in Gloucester county, known as “Rosewell,” containing two hundred and fifty acres, fronting on York river, being a portion of a tract which was the property of her father, now deceased, allotted to her by a decree of the Circuit Court of Gloucester county; that as riparian proprietor her rights in the soil under the waters of York river extend to the channel or navigable portion of the river, and that…
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