Jackson v. Stone

Smith, Judge.

Harold and Betty Stone, Weldon Cantrell, and G. C. and Irene Lunsford sought a declaration of their rights regarding a road running across their property they claimed was a private drive, which adjacent property owners had been using to provide access to their own land. After a bench trial, the trial court entered judgment declaring that the road was not and had never been a public road, and that the defendants, Paul Jackson, Floyd Jackson, and W. C. Crider, had not acquired an easement by prescription across the plaintiff’s property. The Jacksons and Crider appeal.

The evidence…