Gaines v. Merryman
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Henrico county, pronounced March 25, 1896, in a suit in chancery wherein appellant was the complainant, and the appellee and others were the defendants.
1Opinion of the Court
Keith, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
William P. Gaines filed his hill in the Circuit Court of Henrico county in which he states that he is the owner of a farm in said county about five miles from the city of Richmond, bounded on the north by the Chickahominy swamp. Along the southern front of his farm, and the farms of Elam, Merryman, and Bossieux there is a neighborhood road which has for years been used, and is now used, by occupants of said land in going to and from the Mechanicsville Turnpike, on the east, to Austin avenue, on the west, in order to reach the city of Richmond. In…
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