Court Opinion

ID: 9849968
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-24 04:50:17.775854+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:20:29.843837
License: Public Domain

Justice Branch
dissenting.
I am of the opinion that this case is controlled by the case of Henry v. Farlow, 238 N.C. 542, 78 S.E. 2d 244. There, plaintiff and her tenants used a roadway across defendant’s land for a period of twenty-five years. Plaintiff did not request permission to use the roadway and defendant landowners voiced no objection to plaintiff’s use of the roadway. This Court held that these facts did not show that the use of the roadway by plaintiff was accompanied by circumstances giving it an adverse character so as to rebut the presumption that the use was permissive:
I do not think that the facts of instant case disclose evidence of adverse or hostile use of the roadway by plaintiffs sufficient to rebut the presumption that the use of the roadway was permissive,
I vote to affirm the opinion of the Court of Appeals.