Legal Opinion

Dove v. May

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided April 25, 1960No. Record 5101PublishedCited by 5 opinions

The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the CourtSnead, J.

S. D. May, State Highway Commissioner, appellee, instituted eminent domain proceedings against Virginia Mae Dove and a number of other interested persons, appellants, in which he alleged it was necessary to acquire in fee simple a strip of land through certain property in Fairfax county for highway purposes in connection with Route 413, a “Limited Access Highway”, which property had been devised to Virginia Mae Dove and her children by Norma Virginia Talbert. Included in the parcel to be condemned is a private cemetery. The Commissioner, among other things, prayed for the court’s consent to…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Ludlow v. City of NorfolkSupreme Court of Virginia · 1891
  2. Postal Tel. Cable Co. v. Norfolk & Western R. R.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1891
  3. Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac Railroad v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1901

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Comcast of Chesterfield County, Inc. v. Board of SupervisorsSupreme Court of Virginia · 2009
  2. Virginia Electric & Power Co. v. PattersonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1963
  3. Brown v. MaySupreme Court of Virginia · 1960
  4. Board of Supervisors v. Board of County SupervisorsSupreme Court of Virginia · 1966
  5. Virginia Electric & Power Co. v. ShafferSupreme Court of Virginia · 1968

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