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    Ruling allows river access  Oct 3, 2008
    His ruling applied to Duncan District Road and Lewis Lane, two county roads historically established by prescriptive easement, but left out Seyler Lane because it hasn't been established how it was created. Devlan Geddes, a Bozeman lawyer representing PLAA, said the issue with Seyler Lane still needs to be decided in court. (Montana Standard, MT)

    Roundabout at Windermere Elementary could be delayed  Aug 22, 2008
    Last Friday, the town filed a prescriptive easement to take ownership of the Park Avenue intersection. They filed a maintenance map with the Orange County Clerk of Courts on Friday, demonstrating that the town has maintained the intersection for more than seven years. (Winter Garden West Orange Times, FL)

    Windermere proceeds with major stormwater drainage improvements  Jul 17, 2008
    The town has a prescriptive easement required for this work, but it is still meeting with an adjacent property owner to discuss various options on how the work should proceed. The project includes removing and replacing existing driveways, excavating and grading and installing Stormceptors, asphalt paving, drains, curbing, gutters and sod. (Winter Garden West Orange Times, FL)

    Portside Grill dragged into Hubbard-Whale dispute  May 23, 2008
    To assure permanent access to the rear of the tavern through the Rite Aid property, the Eleftheriou s filed a complaint asking the court to rule that they have a prescriptive easement, a right of way by necessity and a right of way by acquiescence. A hearing on that complaint was scheduled for May 8, but the Hubbards requested and were granted a delay. (Courier Publications, ME)

    Time to enforce park strip law  Apr 10, 2008
    IROC Camaro wrote on Apr 9, 2008 2:55 AM:" You know a policy is deeply flawed and oppressive if Box is on board with it. Isn't it marvelous that the government can seize land by eminent domain, but private citizen can't even get a prescriptive easement for parking their cars on otherwise useless property. Bureaucrats that will trade utility for aesthetics will accomplish neither. Bright on the blight! This town needs a leadership enema. ". Patches wrote on Apr 9, 2008 7:06 AM:" Get those cars... (Logan Herald Journal, UT)

    Uncertainty paves road through park  Dec 13, 2007
    Airport board member George Berge said the driveway might be a prescriptive easement ... San Bernardino County Director of Special Districts Jeff Rigney agrees that the road could be a prescriptive easement ... David Slaughter, director of San Bernardino County Real Estate Services, said prescriptive easements are tricky. (Big Bear Grizzly, CA)

    ‘River road' 2AB West reopens to public access  Sep 13, 2007
    retired wrote on Sep 12, 2007 4:57 PM:" This was just another od Bodini's illegal acts which he tried to get away with.The Monument Hill situation was about the same and should also be studied.If nothing else the County has a prescriptive easement there because the road was improved about 35 years ago using county machines and gravel so that the public would have better access to the top of Rattlesnake. It was botched up by a previous county attorney who didn't have the guts to stand up to him... (Cody Enterprise, WY)

    Eagle Lake city council hires defense  Jul 18, 2007
    Under affirmative defenses it is stated that the city of Eagle Lake abandons the two inch water line and its related prescriptive easement that is the subject of the lawsuit. City Manager Ronald Holland said Bounds specializes in municipal lawsuits and would a great selection in representing the city. (Columbus Colorado County Citizen, TX)

    Board leaves access issues unresolved  Jun 23, 2007
    A prescriptive easement arises when someone uses another's property without permission ... In California, the easement need only be used continuously for five years in order to acquire a prescriptive easement ... A prescriptive easement becomes legal when the user brings a quiet title lawsuit against the property owner and proves that all the requirements have been met. (San Andreas Calaveras Enterprise, CA)

    Ask Realty Times  Jun 8, 2007
    He might negotiate an easement with a neighbor that passes with the property; sue, claiming he is entitled to a private "way of necessity" or sue to obtain a prescriptive easement. When he gets everything straight and in writing, then I might have more interest. (RealtyTimes)

    River's Edge appeal gets more complex  Jun 6, 2007
    It apparently was the assertion that Fisherman's Drive is not a deeded county road but a prescriptive easement of the county that concerned the county commissioners. Larson had argued that because the road is a simply a prescriptive easement it could be moved by the developer without the county's approval as long as it provided access for the public through the property. (Rexburg Standard Journal, ID)

    River's Edge lawyer requests mediation  May 31, 2007
    It apparently was the assertion that Fisherman's Drive is not a deeded county road, but a prescriptive easement of the county that concerned the county commissioners as they discussed the project in a work session last week. The developer's lawyer had argued that because the road is a simply a prescriptive easement it could be moved by the developer without the county's approval as long as it provided access for the public through the property. (Rexburg Standard Journal, ID)

    Subdivision appealdraws a big crowd  May 10, 2007
    The developer's lawyer, Larson, argued that the road is a "prescriptive easement" and as such, isn't deeded, or owned by the public ... The prescriptive easement provides simply a method of getting from one place to another. (Rexburg Standard Journal, ID)

    Check details to pay off mortgage  Mar 5, 2007
    Although I don't recommend bringing this issue up, if the fence has been there for many years and the neighbor has used that 2-foot strip of land, perhaps for a garden or lawn, he might have acquired a prescriptive easement to permanently use that land strip ... The hostile test usually defeats most prescriptive easement claims. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)

    Property lines sometimes turn into battle lines  Feb 19, 2007
    Indeed, two legal concepts -- prescriptive easement and adverse possession -- muddy the idea of unassailable property rights ... Prescriptive easement gives an adjoining owner easement -- that is, use -- of a property. (San Francisco Chronicle)




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