Legal Opinion
Searcy v. La Grotte
Indiana Court of Appeals
Decided February 20, 1978No. 2-1176A410PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CASE SUMMARY
BUCHANAN, J. —
Defendants-Appellants, John and Helen Searcy (the Searcys), appeal from a judgment denying the existence of an easement over the property of Ralph LaGrotte (LaGrotte), claiming there was insufficient evidence to support the judgment.
We affirm.
FACTS
The evidence most favorable to the judgment reveals:
The contiguous parcels of land owned by the Searcys and LaGrotte were previously the property of a Mr. Martin. In 1925, Martin divided his property between two of his children giving adjacent twenty (20) acre parcels to his daughters, Christena Brandt (Brandt) and Rosa…
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