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THURSTON v. CITY OF PORTSMOUTH

140 S.E.2d 678 (1965)

205 Va. 909

Elizabeth P. THURSTON v. CITY OF PORTSMOUTH.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

March 8, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William L. Parker, Norfolk (William L. Parker, Jr., Norfolk, on brief), for appellant.

William B. Spong, Jr., Portsmouth (Michael A. Korb, Jr., City Atty., Cooper, Spong & Davis, Portsmouth, on brief), for appellee.

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

CARRICO, Justice.

This controversy arose out of the following situation:

The Seaboard Air Line Railway Company, by deed dated March 20, 1909, acquired from The Atlantic Coast Terminal Company, Incorporated, certain parcels of land in the city of Portsmouth, together with all riparian rights appertaining thereto. The land so acquired bordered on Crawford's Bay, a part of Elizabeth River, a navigable tidal estuary...

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