My question involves real estate located in the State of: Alabama. A year ago I purchased 6 acres of land which was cut from a 75 acre tract. While the 75 acres had a border along a county road, my property, my property is on the back side and is landlocked except for an old wagon/farm road that runs to the county road through several other owners land and an access and utility easement that was surveyed and recorded along with the original deed that seperated the land from the original 75 acres. While I'm on good terms with all the neighbors who own the land the wagon/farm road traverses, one has recently passed away and the others are in their eighties. I currently use that road to access my property.
The easement I have runs along a section boundry and crosses two planted fields (about 200' and 400') leased to a farmer by the owners of the wagon/farm road and through standing timber (about 500'). The easement is for 40' width. While making the easement usable for the intended prupose (access and utility) it would be expensive and would cause disruption to the farming currently being done on the two fields. What I would propose to the two owners is I relinquish my easement in favor of a easement on the existing wagon trail/farm road. I would like to know however what leverage I might have if they refuse and later lock the gate to the road.

