Higdon v. Davis

BILLINGS, Justice.

Plaintiffs instituted this action on 29 July 1980 to quiet title to certain real property located in Franklin, Macon County, North Carolina, specifically requesting that the defendants’ claim to an easement across the property be determined and claiming a right of re-entry. By answer, the original defendants (hereinafter referred to as defendants) alleged ownership of the easement by record title, by prescriptive easement acquired by twenty (20) years’ adverse use, and by prescriptive easement acquired by seven (7) years’ adverse use under color of title.

On 13 May 1985 this…