Shores v. Shaffer

We have for decision competing claims to the sand and gravel on a tract of land on Sand Mountain, a spur of Lick Mountain, in Wythe county.

Willard Shores and Virginia Ruth Shores, his wife, herein referred to as plaintiffs, together with Carroll Rock Company, Inc., filed in the circuit court a motion for a declaratory judgment against Ada H. Shaffer and others, herein called defendants, asking the court to adjudicate that they “have the full and complete ownership of the rock, sand, gravel and related materials” on the land in question.

The court without a jury heard the evidence and held that…