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CLIFTON v. WILKINSON

Record No. 121232.

748 S.E.2d 372 (2013)

286 Va. 205

Mac R. CLIFTON, et al. v. Evelyn Rose WILKINSON.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

September 12, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Mitchell , for appellants.

David B. Childers , for appellee.

Present: KINSER, C.J., LEMONS, GOODWYN, MILLETTE, MIMS, and POWELL, JJ., and RUSSELL, S.J.

Opinion by Senior Justice CHARLES S. RUSSELL.

In this appeal we revisit the requirements for the creation of an easement by necessity. The question arises in the context of a parcel that became landlocked by the exercise of the power of eminent domain, followed by the construction of a limited-access highway over the land condemned.

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