Opinion ID: 1059222
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: description of landing

Text: In their fourth assignment of error, the Shaheens contend that the description of the Auburn landing as set forth in the Nelson suit was so vague as to be invalid or void, thereby causing the County's claim to the landing to fail. The circuit court, in its letter opinion, discussed the difficulties with the description of the landing and stated that [t]he precise location of the road and landing cannot be established by review of the Nelson suit. However, the court ultimately adopted the description of the landing as shown on the 1959 Sinclair plat. Irrespective of any inadequacies in the description of the landing when it was established in the Nelson suit or whether the description was sufficient to give notice under the registry laws as to enable a subsequent purchaser to determine where the landing was situated, see Merritt v. Bunting, 107 Va. 174, 178, 57 S.E. 567, 568 (1907), we conclude that the Shaheens cannot now dispute the description adopted by the circuit court. The plat depicting the Shaheens' property delineated the Auburn Public Landing and specifically referred to the plat book where the 1959 Sinclair plat was recorded in the County's land records. The Shaheens implicitly agreed to the accuracy of the 1959 Sinclair description of the public landing by accepting their own deed. See Shooting Point, L.L.C. v. Wescoat, 265 Va. 256, 264, 576 S.E.2d 497, 501 (2003); Johnson v. Powhatan Mining Co., Inc., 127 Va. 352, 364, 103 S.E. 703, 707 (1920). Thus, we find no merit in this assignment of error.