Burdette v. BRUSH MOUNTAIN ESTATES, LLC

682 S.E.2d 549 (2009)

278 Va. 286

Kelly BURDETTE

v.

BRUSH MOUNTAIN ESTATES, LLC.

Record No. 082079.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

September 18, 2009.

Frank K. Friedman (Kendall O. Clay; Woods Rogers, on briefs), Roanoke, for appellant.

Edwin C. Stone (Stone & Kellerman, on brief), Christiansburg, for appellee.

Present: All the Justices.

OPINION BY Justice CYNTHIA D. KINSER.

In this appeal, we consider two questions: (1) whether the provisions of Code § 55-2, requiring that estates in lands be conveyed by a deed or will, apply to the conveyance of an easement; and (2) whether the circuit court erred in…