Allison v. Allison

This is a partition suit in which a tract of about 180 acres of land has been divided in kind among the parties, complainant T. J. Allison and defendants, his brother and six sisters. He claimed, as appurtenant to the land allotted to him, an easement of way over the land allotted to his sister, Mrs. Eva Lee Archey.

After an oral hearing according to the forms of chancery, the chancellor found that the way over her land was not reasonably necessary to the enjoyment of his land, and entered a decree denying his claim to the easement and enjoining him from further using it. He appealed and has…