Spruill v. Nixon

Two questions, determinative of tbis appeal, are bere presented for consideration and decision. 1. Was an easement in tbe road across tbe land, now owned by defendant, created by implication of law, upon tbe severance of unity of title by tbe common grantor, Axie Lane, as set forth in tbe facts found by tbe trial court ? 2. If so, was sucb easement extinguished by tbe judgment in tbe civil action instituted by T. E. Ainsley, immediate predecessor in title of present plaintiff, against Cecil Nixon, tbe present defendant?

In the light of applicable principles of law, applied to the facts found…