Dickinson v. Pake

201 S.E.2d 897 (1974)

284 N.C. 576

Ellen DICKINSON et al.

v.

Charles L. PAKE and wife, Tommie Pake.

No. 102.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

February 1, 1974.

Taylor & Marquardt by Nelson W. Taylor, Beaufort, for plaintiff appellants.

Wheatly & Mason by L. Patten Mason, Beaufort, for defendant appellees.

HUSKINS, Justice:

Development of the law in North Carolina with respect to acquisition of prescriptive easements has followed a tortuous route—roundabout and bent in different directions.

Coke states that at common law a long, continuous and peaceable user was necessary to establish a prescriptive…