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DICKINSON v. PAKE

No. 102.

201 S.E.2d 897 (1974)

284 N.C. 576

Ellen DICKINSON et al. v. Charles L. PAKE and wife, Tommie Pake.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

February 1, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Taylor & Marquardt by Nelson W. Taylor, Beaufort, for plaintiff appellants.

Wheatly & Mason by L. Patten Mason, Beaufort, for defendant appellees.

HUSKINS, Justice:

Development of the law in North Carolina with respect to acquisition of prescriptive easements has followed a tortuous route—roundabout and bent in different directions.

Coke states that at common law a long, continuous and peaceable user was necessary to establish a prescriptive right. Coke on Littleton § 113B. However, most American courts have sought to equate acquisition of prescriptive easements to acquisition of title by...

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