Cumbie v. Goldsmith

By the Court.

Richard and Daniele Cumbie own a small parcel of land at the western end of a private way, Wyer’s Lane. The lane provides the only access.to their parcel. Parcels owned by Sybil Goldsmith and Robert Ep-ple are across Wyer’s Lane from each other and abut Wyer’s Lane and the Cumbies’ parcel. 3 At trial, the parties stipu lated that the Cumbies “have, as appurtenant to their property, a prescriptive right over the whole of Wyer’s Lane from their property to North Center Street, that right being to pass and repass.” The Cumbies now seek to extend their prescriptive use by placing…