Pinkston v. Hartley

This is an appeal from a judgment in favor of John W. Hartley, et al. The trial judge found that an implied easement existed for a sewer line and granted injunctive relief ordering appellants to remove an obstruction they had placed in the field lines of appellees' septic tank. We affirm.

This case involves a bitter family dispute. Appellant, Thomas Pinkston, deeded to his daughter and son-in-law, Phillippa and John Hartley, property on which there was situated a house. The field lines from the septic tank on the property deeded to the Hartleys ran onto the Pinkstons' property. Although there…