JOHNNY ROBERTS and DEBRA ROBERTS, Plaintiffs-Respondents v. WAYNE J. SHAW, LINDA LANE, and RICHARD OGDEN, TRUSTEE OF TOWN & COUNTRY BANK, and BETTY J. SHAW

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This case involves a long country lane or roadway located in Phelps County, Missouri, which crosses at least two different tracts of land 1 and ends at two private residences or farms. The case commenced in 2004, when Johnny and Debra Roberts (“Respondents”), James Roberts and Edna Roberts (now deceased) filed their petition in the Circuit Court of Phelps County, Missouri, seeking to establish an easement by prescription or, in the alternative, to establish the lane as a private road or way of necessity. The case proceeded to trial in 2005, with the dispute being the width and…