Brown v. McAnally

The trial court granted respondents, Donald and Colista Brown, a 50-foot private way of necessity over appellants' land and ruled that such easement and accompanying rights could thereafter be conveyed to the County for use as a public county road. We reverse the trial court and remand the cause for new trial.

Respondents own 28.9 acres of land in Yakima County which they desire to have platted into 44 residential lots. At present, however, the property is landlocked. The nearest public way is a county road known as Lookout Point Road which runs generally north and south. A narrow dirt and…