Westbrook v. Comer

Duckworth, Justice.

“If an owner of a tract of land divides it into lots, streets, and alleys, records a plat thereof, and conveys lots by reference to the plat which abut a particular alley, the grantee in virtue of the grant will acquire a private easement in the alley as appurtenaht to the land for the purpose of affording ingress and egress to and from the lots. The principle applies whether the alley extends from one street to another or is a cul de sac extending only from one street to a terminus at the line of a given lot in the subdivision.” Aspinwall v. Enterprise Development Co., 165…