Norman v. Belcher

This is an appeal from a final order of the Circuit Court of Kanawha County, entered January 3, 1986, which held that the defendant, Benjamin Brooks Belcher, had failed to prove, by clear and convincing evidence, that he was entitled to a prescriptive easement over the lands of the plaintiffs, Marshall and Lorena Norman. We find no error warranting reversal of the circuit court’s decision, and we affirm the judgment.

In November, 1977, the defendant acquired a 15-acre tract of land, located in Malden District, Kanawha County, which is separated from the public highway, Belcher Road, by four…