Legal Opinion
Robert L. Fields v. District of Columbia
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided January 11, 1971No. 23315_1PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMacKINNON, Circuit Judge
(in Chambers).
This appeal involves the rights to a strip of land 16 feet by approximately 670 feet running from Talbert Terrace to Nichols Avenue in Southeast Washington. Appellants all own residential lots which abut on the strip of land, which is known as Parcel 231/5 Square 5869, and they allegedly have an easement for use of the strip as a “roadway,” in common with others, by virtue of a reservation in a deed conveying the strip to the others, as tenants in common as and for a “private roadway.” In recent years the roadway has not been used over its whole length and is now overgrown with…
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