Hollis v. Tomlinson

B.S. and Lois N. Tomlinson sued Dewey R. and Nadine Hollis and Ruth Hollis Gifford on July 17, 1987, alleging that they had acquired an easement by prescription across property owned by the Hollises and Gifford, specifically an old log road on unimproved land, called "Ridge Road." The Hollises and Gifford filed a counterclaim, alleging trespass, conversion, and intentional and willful cutting and destroying of trees. See Ala. Code 1975, § 35-14-1. Ruth Gifford died on October 9, 1988, and Joe Gifford, to whom she had conveyed the property at issue on March 2, 1988, was substituted as a…