Young v. Bird

Marianne Young appeals from the February 17, 2017 order and decree in favor of Robin and James Bird. Specifically, the trial court reaffirmed a 1986 chancery court decree that Grist Mill Road ("GMR") is a public road and that no individual shall interfere with the right of the public to use the road. Marianne raises two points of appeal: The trial court erred in granting the Birds' motion for a "directed verdict"1 because 1) there was substantial evidence that the public use of GMR had been abandoned and 2) there was substantial evidence that the Birds had changed the use of GMR from…