Rutledge v. Staner

WORTHEN, Justice.

This appeal arises out of a dispute between adjoining landowners over the use of Anderson County Road 126 (“C.R.126”). Following a bench trial, the trial court declared that C.R. 126 was a public road and that Appellee, Pauline Staner (“Stan-er”) could have free and uninterrupted use of it over the land of Appellant, Carl Rutledge (“Rutledge”). Rutledge raises three issues on appeal. We will affirm.

Staner owns an eighty-seven acre tract bordered by Rutledge’s 29.56 acre-tract. Since 1967, Staner has used C.R. 126, which runs on the edge of Rutledge’s property, to reach her…