Court Opinion

ID: 9937681
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2024-02-09 19:01:49.106217+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:36:01.787077
License: Public Domain

In determining whether an easement has been acquired by prescription over unimproved or "turned out" land, the presumption is that the use by the public was permissive,Benson v. Pickens County, 260 Ala. 436, 70 So.2d 647 (1954), and the burden of proof to overcome the presumption is on the plaintiff. Cotton v. May, 293 Ala. 212, 301 So.2d 168 (1974). I would not reverse the trial court on the basis that plaintiff overcame this presumption, since there is no clear showing in the record that he did so.
JONES and ADAMS, JJ., concur. *Page 220
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