Shield v. Peninsula Land Co.

Crump, P.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

John A. Shield, the appellant, filed his bill in equity-in the lower court in which he prayed for an injunction to restrain the defendants from erecting, or allowing the erection of, a certain building or structure near the beach or bank of York river, adjacent to the town of York, or Yorktown as commonly known. He alleged that he was the owner of certain lots in the plan of the town, on one or more of which residences had been built and leased to tenants; that three of these lots faced the river and fronted on Water street; that this street had…