Phillips v. Dressler

The appellant is the owner of sixty acres of land over which there is a private right of way extending north from a public road. ■ The right of way was created by the grantor of the appellant prior to the latter’s acquisition of title. A provision in one of the deeds reads thus: “ Excepting and reserving the road as now running over said land from said Dutton’s house, where he now lives, to the State road.” In another deed the provision is expressed in these words: “Also right of way over the road as now established from the house of the grantor to the Joliet road.” The evidence shows that…