Rife v. Corbett

Thompson, Justice.

Oscar Carter conveyed adjoining tracts of land to his daughters and sons-in-law, the Corbetts and the Rifes. He granted the Corbetts “privileges of ingress and egress” across the property which he conveyed to the Rifes. As the years went by, the Corbetts used a roadbed along the Rifes’ northernmost border to access their land. When the Rifes began planting shrubs and flowers alongside the roadbed, the Corbetts filed a petition in probate court to remove the obstructions. The probate court ordered the Rifes to remove any obstructions and the Rifes appealed to the superior…