Meade v. Ginn

Dissenting opinion by

Justice KELLER.

Because the fifty-foot easement was extinguished when the Ginns acquired the 78.181 acre tract on which the easement was located, I dissent and would affirm the Court of Appeals.

When the Meade families conveyed the 18 acre tract to Licking Pork, they granted Licking Pork a fifty-foot-wide easement across their property to provide access to Highway 1123 from the 18 acre tract, as shown on the following plat:

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In granting this easement, the Meade families merely granted Licking Pork the right to pass over land which the Meade families retained…