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HICKMAN v. MELSON

107 S.E.2d 387 (1959)

200 Va. 693

Milton T. HICKMAN, Executor of the Estate of George Hayward Carruthers, Deceased, and Charles H. Carruthers. v. Elizabeth S. MELSON and Claude Mears.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

March 16, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William King Mapp, Keller (J. Brooks Mapp, Mapp & Mapp, Keller, on brief), for appellants.

B. Drummond Ayres, Accomac, for appellees.

Before EGGLESTON, C. J., and SPRATLEY, BUCHANAN, MILLER, WHITTLE, SNEAD, and I'ANSON, JJ

EGGLESTON, Chief Justice.

Milton T. Hickman, executor of the estate of George Hayward Carruthers, deceased, and Charles H. Carruthers, hereinafter referred to as the plaintiffs, filed their bill in the court below against Elizabeth S. Melson and Claude Mears, hereinafter referred to as the defendants, alleging that Charles H. Carruthers, as devisee of George Hayward Carruthers, deceased, is the "tenant" of certain oyster grounds in the waters of Accomack county, formerly...

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