Rives v. Gooch

The decree from which an appeal was allowed held that the appellee had acquired by prescription a right of way of sufficient width to allow the passage of vehicles going in opposite directions, across the appellants’ land, and permanently enjoined them from obstructing or interfering with its free and convenient use by the appellee and his successors in title.

It is well settled in Virginia that in order to establish a private right of way over the lands of another by prescription, it must appear that the use and enjoyment thereof by the claimant was adverse, under a claim of right, exclusive,…