Lynam v. Clayville

Marvel, Vice Chancellor:

Plaintiff who is the owner of a 100 acre farm lying directly east of the public road leading from Christiana to Stanton in White Clay Creek Hundred, seeks injunctive relief against defendants’ use of a right of way 26 feet wide which runs from defendants’ land through plaintiff’s to the above mentioned road.

Plaintiff’s farm was deeded to him in 1887 by his father, James K. Lynam, who retained title to an additional 150 acres lying east of plaintiff’s land and extending to the Christiana River. In order to provide access to his retained farm from the public road to the…