Jerry D. Patterson v. Buffalo Natl. River

MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

Jerry and Mary Lou Patterson appeal the district court’s order granting summary judgment to the Buffalo National River (“BNR”). We reverse.

I

Between 1939 and 1976, the Hall family owned a 159.49-acre tract of land in northern Arkansas. In 1976, they conveyed the north 79.49 acres of the tract to the United States, and that acreage was incorporated into the Buffalo National River (BNR) project. The deed also purported to quitclaim all of the grantors’ interest “in any means of ingress or egress.” At the time of the transfer, a primitive roadway crossing the…