MARTIN v. NORFOLK REDEVELOPMENT & HOUSING AUTH.


140 S.E.2d 673 (1965)

205 Va. 942

H. Dinwiddie MARTIN and Mariam W. Martin v. NORFOLK REDEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING AUTHORITY et al.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

March 8, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard I. Legum, Norfolk (Fine, Fine, Legum, Schwan & Fine, Norfolk, on brief), for plaintiffs in error.

Francis N. Crenshaw, Norfolk (Baird, Crenshaw & Ware, Norfolk, on brief), for appellee, Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority (S. W. McGann, Jr., Asst. City Atty., on brief), for City of Norfolk.

Before EGGLESTON, C. J., and SPRATLEY, BUCHANAN, SNEAD, I'ANSON and CARRICO, JJ.


BUCHANAN, Justice.

The principal question in this case is whether the appellants, H. Dinwiddie Martin and Mariam W. Martin, have a reversionary interest in a tract of land formerly known as Taylor Park, in the city of Norfolk.

The appellants are the heirs of Joel W. Martin and others, grantors in a deed dated April 15, 1922, which conveyed to the city of Norfolk all the right, title and interest of the grantors by reason of their ownership of No. 314 York...

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