Strong v. Slate

PITTMAN, Judge.

This appeal arises from efforts by one landowner, Clay Slate, Jr., to obtain access to his "landlocked" parcel of land in Clay County across a nearby parcel owned by Dawn Kelly Strong.

The abbreviated record in this case does not reflect it, but the parties agree in their appellate briefs that, in 2006, Slate brought a civil action in the Clay Circuit Court seeking a prescriptive easement across Strong's property. They further agree that Slate later amended his complaint to assert an additional claim pursuant to statutes providing for a landowner's acquisition of a right-of-way…