Michael v. Needham

This appeal arises out of a dispute between owners of adjoining tracts of land over the alleged existence of a right of way of necessity claimed by the owner of a “landlocked” property, Nellie M. Michael, appellant, over the tract of land owned by the appellee, Laurie E. Needham.

The dispute had its origin in the fact that prior to September 22,1931 one Raleigh Sherman was the owner of two separate tracts of land which he treated as a unitary tract. He died in 1931 owning both tracts. One of the parcels was a 61.5 acre wooded tract and it adjoined a 238 acre parcel known as the “Lower Farm.”…