Murdaugh v. Patterson

This is an appeal from a declaratory judgment, and it involves a dispute between neighbors about the proper scope of an express ingress-and-egress easement. Norma Patterson and her son, Mark A. Patterson (“Defendants”), appeal the amended judgment (“the Judgment”) that declared the extent of their rights in a 35-foot-wide, deeded easement (“the Easement”) across property owned by David K. Murdaugh and Denise M. Murdaugh, husband and wife (“Plaintiffs”).1

Defendants’ three points claim the trial court committed a total of five reversible errors: 1) “ruling that [Defendants] ‘may’ have the right…