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Palmer v. R. A. Yancey Lumber Corp.
No. 160664Supreme Court of Virginia
160664 Palmer v. R. A. Yancey Lumber Corp. 09/14/2017 In a declaratory judgment by a lumber company seeking a ruling confirming an easement across the land of the defendant wide enough for its trucks, the circ…
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160664 Palmer v. R. A. Yancey Lumber Corp. 09/14/2017 In a declaratory judgment by a lumber company seeking a ruling confirming a…
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160664 Palmer v. R. A. Yancey Lumber Corp. 09/14/2017 In a declaratory judgment by a lumber company seeking a ruling confirming an easement across the land of the defendant wide enough for its trucks, the circuit court's judgment granting modifications expanding the easement by necessity for use by tractor-trailers was neither plainly wrong nor without evidence to support it. Viewed in the light most favorable to the plaintiff, as the prevailing party below, the evidence shows that such use of the easement -- and the modifications to accommodate that use -- are reasonably necessary for the benefit of the plaintiff's dominant property. At the same time, the evidence shows that the modificati…
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160664 Palmer v. R. A. Yancey Lumber Corp. 09/14/2017 In a declaratory judgment by a lumber company seeking a ruling confirming an easement across the land of the defendant wide enough for its trucks, the circuit court's judgment granting modifications expanding the easement by necessity for use by tractor-trailers was neither plainly wrong nor without evidence to support it. Viewed in the light most favorable to the plaintiff, as the prevailing party below, the evidence shows that such use of the easement -- and the modifications to accommodate that use -- are reasonably necessary for the benefit of the plaintiff's dominant property. At the same time, the evidence shows that the modificati…
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