CARTER v. COUNTY OF HANOVER

Record No. 970158.

496 S.E.2d 42 (1998)

Dr. Hill CARTER, Sr., et al. v. COUNTY OF HANOVER, et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

January 9, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard K. Bennett (William B. Ellis; John L. Marshall, Jr.; McSweeney, Burtch & Crump, on briefs), Richmond, for appellants.

Francis A. Cherry, Jr., (Bonnie M. Ashley, Richmond; Sterling E. Rives, III, County Attorney; Barbara M. Rose, Deputy County Attorney; Randolph, Boyd, Cherry & Vaughan, Richmond, on brief), for appellee County of Hanover.

No brief or argument on behalf of appellee Pamunkey Regional Jail Authority.

Present: All the Justices


KOONTZ, Justice:

In this appeal involving a suit between adjoining landowners, we consider whether an easement from previous use has been established.

BACKGROUND

The tracts of land in question were once part of an estate in Hanover County commonly known as Courtland. In 1965, Courtland was owned by John Worthington Whaley and Katherine Cox Whaley and consisted of 755 acres bordered generally on the north by Mechumps Creek and Garland Hill...

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