Windgate Properties, LLC v. Chris Sanders

Altice, Judge.

Case Summary

[1] WindGate Properties, LLC, (WindGate) and Chris Sanders each purchased multiple tracts of land at a tax sale. These tracts all had the same owner prior to the tax sale, and the tax sale left landlocked one tract purchased by Sanders and two purchased by WindGate. In response to a quiet title action filed by WindGate, Sanders asserted that he had an implied easement by necessity across one of WindGate's tracts. Following a bench trial, the trial court issued an order quieting title to WindGate subject to an implied easement by necessity for the benefit of Sanders.…