· 4/23/1962
Wickouski v. Swift
Citations
- 124 S.E.2d 892
- 203 Va. 467
- 1962 Va. LEXIS 169
How courts have described this case
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- holding that “control of the water above the land is an incident to the ownership of the land,” entitling property owners to “exclusive control and use of the waters above their portion of the bed of the pond”
- owners of subaqueous soil have exclusive right to that portion of lake surface above their subaqueous soil
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Judges: Snead
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