Gilmore v. Jones

THOMAS, Judge.

Jennifer Knapp Gilmore, Linda White, Frank J. Dolbear, and M. Crawford Knapp (hereinafter referred to collectively as “the landowners”) own real property situated on the west bank of Bates Lake in Washington County (“the County”). In 2003, Hugh Harold Jones, who also owns property situated on Bates Lake, sued the County and the members of the county commission, seeking a judgment declaring that a portion of Bates Lake Road (“the road”), which runs across his property, was a private way and not a public road. In August 2006, after taking evidence and after an agreement of the…