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OLD DOMINION CLUB v. ALEXANDRIA COUNCIL

Record No. 130062.

749 S.E.2d 321 (2013)

OLD DOMINION BOAT CLUB v. ALEXANDRIA CITY COUNCIL, et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

October 31, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David L. Chamowitz ( Harry P. Hart , Alexandria; Mary Catherine Gibbs ; Hart, Calley Gibbs & Karp; Chamowitz & Chamowitz, on briefs), for appellant.

James L. Banks. Jr. , City Attorney ( Christopher P. Spera , Deputy City Attorney; F. Andrew Carroll, III; Duncan Blair ; Land, Caroll and Blair, Alexandria, on brief), for appellees.

PRESENT: All the Justices.

Opinion by Justice S. BERNARD GOODWYN.

In this appeal, we consider whether the acquisition of a fee simple interest in a public way by a city, pursuant to a local ordinance, extinguishes a pre-existing easement over that way when there has been no implied or express dedication of that easement by its holder.

Background

Old Dominion Boat Club (ODBC) filed an amended complaint against the City of Alexandria and Alexandria City Council (collectively...

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