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Ettinger v. Oyster Bay II
No. 171542Supreme Court of Virginia
171542 Ettinger v. Oyster Bay II 10/18/2018 It is an established rule in Virginia that a conveyance of land bounded by or along a way carries title to the center of the way, unless a contrary intent is shown. …
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171542 Ettinger v. Oyster Bay II 10/18/2018 It is an established rule in Virginia that a conveyance of land bounded by or along a…
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171542 Ettinger v. Oyster Bay II 10/18/2018 It is an established rule in Virginia that a conveyance of land bounded by or along a way carries title to the center of the way, unless a contrary intent is shown. Although the grantor may reserve the narrow strip to the center of the road from a conveyance, that must be done expressly. The description in the deed in the present boundary dispute litigation, stating that the parcel is "bounded on the Northeast" by a named roadway, places this case within the rule's ambit. Quantity designations are regarded as the least certain mode of describing land, and hence must yield to description by boundaries and distances. Because nothing in the deed in t…
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