Ben Smith v. William A. White

02/21/2024 IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF TENNESSEE AT NASHVILLE January 11, 2024 Session BEN SMITH ET AL. V. WILLIAM A. WHITE ET AL. Appeal from the Circuit Court for Jackson County No. 2022-CV-14 Michael Wayne Collins, Judge No. M2023-00030-COA-R3-CV The appellees sold a portion of their property to the appellants. The appellees sued the appellants seeking an easement by necessity. The appellants maintained that Tenn. Code Ann § 54-14-102 and its associated statutes prohibited such an easement. The trial court granted a common law easement by necessity. We agree with the trial court’s…