Cowan v. Yeisley

OPINION

STOWERS, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

In 1948 Claude Yeisley received a patent to Tract A, consisting of 4.45 acres of land in Ketchikan, from the United States. In 1956 he deeded a lot of land within Tract A to his daughter and her husband, the Cowans, along with a "perpetual right of way running with the land" over a 30-foot strip of "right of way" running along the southeastern side of Tract A. Between 1960 and 1978, Claude Yeisley conveyed most of the remainder of Tract A to his son and daughter-in-law, James and Sharon Yeisley. None of the deeds issued between 1960 and 1973 mentioned…