Ray v. Davis

This proceeding was initiated by plaintiffs to obtain a statutory way of necessity under ORS 376.105 et seq. The case was tried to the court without a jury. Defendant Davis appeals from a judgment granting a way of necessity over his land.①

In the trials before the County Court and the Circuit Court various methods of establishing ingress and *157egress from plaintiff’s land to a public road were considered. Three methods were dealt with in considerable detail; these were described as (1) the Homestead Eoute which crossed defendant Davis’ land and which was designated as the statutory way of…