E.S. CHAPPELL & SON, INC. v. BROOKS

Record No. 931854.

450 S.E.2d 156 (1994)

E.S. CHAPPELL & SON, INC. v. P.D. BROOKS, Jr., Trustee, etc., et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

November 4, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lee N. Kump, Richmond (John B. Thompson, Thompson & McMullan, on briefs), for appellant.

Christopher D. Eib, Asst. Atty. Gen. (James S. Gilmore, III, Atty. Gen., on brief), for appellee Commonwealth of Virginia.

No brief or argument for appellees P.D. Brooks, Jr. and P.D. Brooks, Jr. Trustee in Dissolution for P.D. Brooks Traffic Control, Inc.

Present: All the Justices.


LACY, Justice.

In this dispute over the ownership of a 50-foot strip of land, we must determine whether the Commonwealth effectively accepted the dedication of the land for public road purposes.

We recite the facts as stipulated by the parties. In 1966, William W. and Mary B. Campbell, Anne J. and Judson T. Vaughan, Jr., and Hugh and Sally P. Campbell (collectively, the Campbells and the Vaughans) "deeded and dedicated" a portion of land in Hanover County...

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