Stanley v. Laughter

TYSON, Judge.

Gilbert J. Stanley and Dorothy H. Stanley (“plaintiffs”) appeal the trial court’s judgment granting Billy Laughter’s (“defendant”) motion for directed verdict at the close of plaintiffs’ evidence and dismissing the case with prejudice. We affirm.

I. Background

Sardonyx Investments, Inc. (“Sardonyx”) purchased a 118.62 acre tract of land from Fulton and Ruth Roper (“Ropers”). The Ropers retained an easement, sixty-foot wide, running through a portion of the northern section of the property sold to Sardonyx. Sardonyx subdivided 111.87 acres of the original 118.62 into six tracts of…