Legal Opinion

Willis v. Magette

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided September 12, 1997No. Record 962217PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Compton

In this appeal from a final decree in a chancery suit, the questions presented are whether the trial court properly determined that a prescriptive easement had been established by the evidence; that the easement had been used during the prescriptive period for agricultural, logging, recreational, and residential purposes; and that the width of the easement was 30 feet.

At trial, abandonment of the easement was an issue. However, at the petition stage of this appeal, we affirmed the trial court’s ruling that the easement had not been abandoned by refusing the assignment of error relating to…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Cushman Virginia Corporation v. BarnesSupreme Court of Virginia · 1963
  2. Pettus v. KeelingSupreme Court of Virginia · 1987
  3. Virginia Hot Springs Co. v. LowmanSupreme Court of Virginia · 1919
  4. Board of Supervisors v. Norfolk & Western Railway Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1916
  5. Ward v. HarperSupreme Court of Virginia · 1987

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Advanced Marine Enterprises, Inc. v. PRC Inc.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1998
  2. Martin v. MooreSupreme Court of Virginia · 2002
  3. Nelson v. DavisSupreme Court of Virginia · 2001
  4. Amstutz v. Everett Jones Lumber Corp.Supreme Court of Virginia · 2004
  5. Kuznicki v. MasonSupreme Court of Virginia · 2007

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