Hancock v. Henderson

We are asked in this appeal to determine whether the chancellor was correct in finding that the appellees, Mr. and Mrs. Walter M. Henderson, had an easement over a certain roadway located on the property of the appellants, Mr. and Mrs. Norman H. Hancock. The decree appealed from perpetually enjoined the appellants and their successors from obstructing and otherwise interfering with the construction, repair, maintenance and use of the right of way.

The facts as they developed at the trial generally are not disputed and are these. One William Gatton owned a tract of land in St. Mary’s County of…