West Bros. Brick Co. v. City of Alexandria
Supreme Court of Virginia
The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtHolt, J.
West Brothers Brick Company, Inc., appellant here and complainant below, contends that it has a right to mine and remove a bed of clay on a certain tract of land owned by it and lying within the corporate limits of the city of Alexandria. The city contends that this company has no such right and refuses to permit the prosecution of that proposed undertaking. An injunction was sought and refused; hence this appeal.
This lot is an eighteen-acre tract practically undeveloped, triangular in shape, bounded on the south by First street, on the west by Henry street, on the northwest at the apex of…
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