Pettus v. Keeling

In this appeal in an equity suit, the main issue is whether the evidence was sufficient to sustain the trial court’s finding that a prescriptive easement had been established.

The property involved in this controversy is located in Charlotte County near the Keysville Reservoir in a rural area between Route 652 on the north and Route 40 on the south. The way in question is an unimproved road approximately 3,300 feet in length extending to Route 652 from undeveloped and uncultivated property owned by appellees John H. Keeling and Jean B. Keeling, his wife (sometimes hereinafter, Keeling). For a…