Jones v. Beavers

This appeal is from a decree declaring the rights of the parties in a 30-foot road and a landing shown on the plat of a waterfront subdivision. The plaintiffs, Gladys S. Beavers and others, 1 are the owners of lots or parcels derived from a portion of a 110-acre tract formerly belonging to a common grantor of all the parties to this proceeding. The defendant, Thomas H. Jones, is the owner of the residue of the 110-acre tract; the subdivision plat locates the subject road and landing on this residue.

In the court below, the plaintiffs filed a motion for declaratory judgment against the…