Exxon Corp. v. Schutzmaier

KEITH, Justice.

Defendant Exxon Corporation appeals from a judgment rendered in favor of Joyce Schutzmaier and her husband which found that an easement existed across Exxon’s property for the benefit of the Schutzmai-ers which extended from an express easement, earlier given their predecessors in title, to a public highway.

In 1949, Thomas E. Brawner (Joyce Schutzmaier’s father and predecessor in title) purchased 173 acres from V. L. Peterson. This land was adjacent to a tract of land owned by Exxon 1 which was purchased in two separate conveyances from George L. Dew in 1931 and H. W. Dew in…