Hughes v. Boyer

Tract 5, Pettit’s Lake Washington Acre Tracts, in King county, was acquired by William L. Feely and wife in 1916. This was “cut over” land grown up in brush and small timber. Feely built a cottage on the property and cut a roadway through tract 4 during that year. He never obtained the consent of any one to cut the roadway or to use it. In 1918, he built another house on his tract and continued using the same easement roadway. He lived there continuously until he sold the property to Thomas B. Hughes, September 8, 1924. Feely’s deed to Hughes describes the easement as follows:

“And an easement…