Edmiston v. Barnes

PRICE, Judge.

Defendant, Belve Barnes, appeals from a judgment recognizing that plaintiff, Roy Edmiston, is the owner of a servitude of passage (covering a 20 X 90 foot parcel) across land owned by defendant and permanently enjoining defendant from obstructing plaintiff’s exercise of this right. For the reasons assigned the judgment of the district court is affirmed.

In 1976 plaintiff purchased from defendant two lots located in Barnes Addition, a subdivision bordering Cypress Lake in Bossier Parish. Within the next six months plaintiff built a brick home for his family residence. From the time…