Heigert v. Londell Manor, Inc.

SATZ, Judge.

This court-tried case involves two basic disputes. A dispute over the ownership of a small triangular piece of land that abuts a travelled dirt road known as Hilltop Lane in Jefferson County, and a dispute over the use of that road. Plaintiffs, Sharron and Michael Heigert, and one of the defendants, defendant Lorene Money, own homes which face each other from opposite sides of the road.

For the most part, the record, including the exhibits, clearly describes the triangular tract in question as well as the related tracts of land. In many significant instances at trial, however, the…