Bruno v. Evans

Birdsong, Presiding Judge.

Appellants/defendants appeal from a directed verdict declaring that they have no rights of ingress or egress across the property of appellees/plaintiffs, from a judgment in favor of appellees of $8,000 plus costs, and from the order of the trial court denying appellants’ motion for new trial.

Appellants gained access to their property by the “Major D Road” from purchase in 1983 until mid-1986. In the spring of 1986, appellants sought access to their property along the subject road, pathway, or trail (hereinafter road), and commenced certain bulldozing and grading on…