Staley Family Partnership, Ltd. v. Stiles

This matter involves a landlocked tract of land and property adjacent to it that were part of an; 1853 land grant from the State of Texas. The land grant was partitioned into separate tracts in 1866 at which time the tracts were severed. The eventual owner of the landlocked tract sought to establish a roadway easement across the adjacent property, but the trial court denied relief. The court of appeals affirmed. It held there was no evidence that, at the time the two tracts were severed, the easement would have resulted in access to a public road from the landlocked property. We affirm.

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