Laney v. Garmon

THOMAS, Judge.

Donnie Laney appeals from a judgment of the Cherokee Circuit Court determining that a 700-foot-long section of roadway (“the disputed roadway”) abutting property owned by Laney and John Edward Gar-mon is no longer a public road.

Facts and Procedural History

Laney and Garmon own adjacent parcels of real property. A roadway runs from a public highway to a point on Garmon’s property, and, for most of its length, the roadway runs across Garmon’s property; its edge forms the boundary between the two properties. In 2000, Garmon erected a gate blocking the disputed roadway. In 2005,…