My bar review course referred to you as a pidgeon, cause you have to fly to get to your property. : )
General Wash. law is: when a landowner subdivides property in such a way as to create a landlocked parcel with no road access, the purchasor of the landlocked parcel (you) automatically gets an easement for road access. If the short plat does not place the automatic easement, you get to place it anywhere you want to, as long as you only cross land that was part of the original sub plat.
So, go find someone who just took the bar in your state and still remembers how this rule works. Then examine the plat/subdivision records for your land and see what routes are available to you. When you inform your neighbor that you can put the driveway anywhere you like, he will probably come around and agree that he really doesn't mind you putting it along his fence line. (You might even be able to get your other neighbor to pay you not to go across his property.)
If this rule doesn't apply to your situation, see if you can force an easement across someone's property. If not, sue the seller for breach of warranty of access, if there was one.
Please note: Louisiana laws are often radically different from the rest of the country 'cause they're based on French civil law and the rest of the states' laws were based on English common law. Talk to a lawyer!
Good luck.
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This is not legal advice and I am not your lawyer.
[This message has been edited by Tracey (edited March 30, 2000).]
