Candler v. Sluder

Appellant .assigns as error the denial of her motion for nonsuit.

Plaintiffs’ evidence is summarized in the following numbered paragraphs :(1) The public road, “Billy Cove Road,” dead-ends at the northern boundary of the Byrd tract (80.2 acres). Byrds’ land -does not adjoin plaintiffs’ tract. The Sluder land (116.35 acres) does not abut the public road but is 140 feet therefrom and has access to the public road by a private way over the Byrd land. The Sluder and Ledford lands adjoin plaintiffs’ land. The Ledford land (49 acres) does not extend to the public road. For about 50 years there was a…