Staley Family P’ship, Ltd. v. Stiles (Opinion)
Annotate this CaseThis case involved two Collin County properties - the Staley Tract, which was landlocked, and the Stiles Tract, the property adjacent to the Staley Tract. Both properties were once part of an 1853 land grant from the State. In 1886, the land grant was partitioned into separate tracts and severed. The eventual owner of the Staley Tract (“Staley”) sought to establish a roadway easement across the Stiles Tract. The trial court rendered judgment finding that Staley was not entitled to an easement across the Stiles Tract. The court of appeals affirmed, holding that there was no evidence that, at the time the two tracts were severed, the easement would have resulted in access to a public road from the landlocked property. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that Staley failed to establish entitlement to a necessity easement across the Stiles Tract.
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