Taylor v. Petranek

Defendants appeal from a decree quieting title in plaintiff to certain land in north central Fergus County and denying defendants either a public or private easement across plaintiff’s ranch.

Plaintiff is James C. Taylor, the successor in interest to his father and brother who purchased the “Horse Ranch” southeast of Suffolk in Fergus County, Montana in 1946. Defendants are Charles and George A. Petranek and their respective wives; they own a ranch adjacent to plaintiff’s on the north and east sides.

A road, known as the Suffolk-East Road, runs easterly from the town of Suffolk toward the…