Baylink v. Rees

Plaintiffs Carroll and Katherine Baylink seek review of a trial court judgment granting a nonexclusive easement to defendants Carl and Della Mae Rees and Leslie Tipton and Diana Dominquez for ingress and egress over a road that is on a 30-foot-wide strip of land owned by the Bay-links. On de novo review, we affirm in part and reverse in part.

This case involves properties in Union County, near Summerville, that were once a single parcel of land owned by Lawrence and Eleanor Starr and Don and Lynn Starr (the Starrs). The Starrs purchased the property in 1968. They began subdividing the land in…