Martin v. Sun Pipe Line Co.

OPINION OF THE COURT

CASTILLE, Justice.

This appeal concerns a dispute over whether an easement, which was granted to the Sun Pipe Line Company (“Sun Pipe Line”) pursuant to a life estate, turned into a prescriptive easement by virtue of Sun Pipe Line’s alleged use of that easement after the termination of the life estate. Because the acquisition of a prescriptive easement through “unenclosed woodland” is prohibited by statute, we hold that the trial court was correct in granting appellants’ motion for summary judgment.

The relevant facts establish the following: On August 22, 1928, John N.…