Yates v. Town of Warrenton
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from decree of circuit court of Tauquier county, rendered July 1st, 1887, in a chancery cause wherein Henry C. Yates was plaintiff, and the town of Warrenton was defendant. The decree dissolved the injunction which had been awarded on Yates’ motion, and he obtained an appeal here.
1Opinion of the CourtLacy, J.
This case is a contest over an alleged encroachment by the appellant, Henry C. Yates, on one of the streets in the town of Warrenton, in the county of Fauquier. On the third of March, 1887, the town council of Warrenton entered an order to the effect that information being received that H. C. Yates had given notice of his intention to resist the sergeant of the town if he attempted to straighten the line of north Fourth street in laying the walk, Mr. Yates’ line being on the street, and the sergeant desiring instruction, the sergeant was ordered to straighten the said line, despite the…
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