Rowe v. Drisgell

Keith, P.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

Eowe and others filed their petition in this court, stating that they are citizens of Virginia, residing in King and Queen county, which constitutes Oyster District No. 14; that they applied to William H. Drisgell, Oyster Inspector of said district, and obtained a tongman’s license, as provided by law, to take oysters from all the natural oyster beds, rocks or shoals in the Commonwealth; that the Legislature of Virginia, by an act passed February 29, 1892, as amended by an act approved March *1382, 1894 (Acts 1893-’4, p. 605), directed “The Board of…