Mayor of New Market v. Armstrong

On July 19, 1974, William J. and Jane P. Armstrong purchased a property upon which stood an old schoolhouse. The deed described the land as “consisting of Lot No. 84 and Lot No. 85 situate in Hall’s Part of the Town of New Market containing one-half (%) acre of land, more or less.” The reference to “Hall’s Part of the Town” derived from Nicholas Hall who must have been among the first subdivision developers. In 1793, he laid out the proposed Town of New Market on a recorded plat, dedicating the streets and alleys thereon to the use of the public forever.

Lot No. 85 was bordered on its western…