Hostetter v. Hitchings
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree of the Court of Law and Chancery of the city of Norfolk. Decree for the complainants. Defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtKelly, J.
The pleadings and the proof in this case have taken rather a wide range, but the decisive question is a narrow one, and may be set out as follows:
*132By deed dated July 18, 1881, Christian H. Hostetter conveyed to E. A. Hitchings and R. V. Hitchings “a certain lot of land in Atlantic City . . . fronting on Front street fifty ft. by one hundred and twenty ft.” This deed concluded with-the words, “the joining First street is not to be used by the public.” The land thus conveyed (a part of a larger tract which by a former owner had been subdivided into lots and streets) constituted what appeared…
2Cited by1 opinion
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