Legal Opinion
Upson v. Stafford
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided September 8, 1992No. A92A1121PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Beasley, Judge.
Upson and Stafford both own identical non-exclusive “permanent” easements across an 80-foot-wide tract adjacent to their separate tracts of land. The easement, conveyed to Upson in 1982 and to Stafford in 1987, are for the following purposes: (a) ingress and egress; (b) construction and maintenance of roadways; and (c) construction, maintenance and use of utility lines and installations.
Upson constructed a roadway within the easement property for access to his adjoining tract. Stafford constructed a drainage ditch for the subdivision on his contiguous tract. In doing so,…
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- Brooke v. DellingerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1941
- Jakobsen v. Colonial Pipeline Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1990
- Kiser v. Warner Robins Air Park Estates, Inc.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1976
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