Burdess v. Arkansas Power & Light Co.

James H. Pilkinton, Judge.

The issue in this case is whether a prescriptive easement in favor of the appellant exists over the lands owned by the appellee, Arkansas Power and Light Company, and commonly referred to during the trial as the “White Bluff Plant Site”.

Appellant and appellee are the respective owners of contiguous tracts of land in Jefferson County, Arkansas. Both tracts lie to the east of Highway 365, to the west of the Arkansas River near Lock and Dam No. 5, to the north of the Pine Bluff Arsenal and the Jefferson River Road, and to the south of the Redfield River Road. The…