IRBY v. ROBERTS

Record No. 971990.

504 S.E.2d 841 (1998)

E. Claiborne IRBY, Jr., et al. v. Thomas C. ROBERTS, Jr., et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

September 18, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James L. Windsor (Megan E. Burns, Newport News; David N. Payne, Norfolk; James H. Ward, Jr., Saluda; Kaufman & Canoles, Newport News, on briefs), for appellants.

Roger G. Hopper, Saluda, for appellees.

Present: All the Justices.


KOONTZ, Justice.

In this appeal, we consider whether the trial court properly determined that the language of a deed purporting to grant an easement to construct a pier was ambiguous and, thus, failed to transfer the necessary riparian right for that purpose.

BACKGROUND

Paul W. and Jean W. Bounds owned a subdivided peninsula of land, consisting of Lots 68, 69, 70, and 71, known as Stove Point Neck in Middlesex County. The Piankatank River...

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