Cordwell v. Smith

ON DENIAL OF PETITION FOR REHEARING

SWANSTROM, Judge.

The Cordwells brought this quiet title action to extinguish the claims of defendants who were asserting a right to use certain roadways crossing the Cordwells’ property. The defendants contended that the roads provided the only reasonable access to their nearby properties. The trial court found that only one defendant had acquired a right to cross the Cordwells’ property, and entered a judgment quieting title in the Cordwells against the claims of the other defendants. Not all of the defendants chose to appeal from the judgment. Only those…