Wells v. Carpenter

SHRUM, Chief Judge.

This ease concerns a prescriptive easement claim. The trial court determined that the plaintiffs, Clyde R. Wells and Ruth M. Wells (Appellants), did not have an easement acquired by prescription entitling them to walk across land owned by the defendants, Howard Carpenter and Beverly Carpenter (Respondents). This appeal followed. We affirm.

Respondents own a parcel of land between two parcels owned by Appellants. At least as far back as the 1950s, all three parcels of land were owned by Appellants’ family. However, the middle parcel was sold off and was ultimately purchased…