Meine v. Hren Ranches, Inc.

Plaintiffs - three generations of the Meine family - filed this action against Defendants - a small corporation operated by family members - seeking a determination that they held a prescriptive easement over a road where it crossed Defendants’ land and a permanent injunction prohibiting Defendants from blocking or impeding the use of this easement. The district court concluded that Plaintiffs established a prescriptive easement over Defendants’ land and permanently enjoined Defendants from blocking or impairing the easement. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding (1) the district court correctly interpreted and applied the law when it found that a prescriptive easement may exist despite the dominant and servient estates being non-contiguous; (2) the evidence supported a finding that Defendants used their land for many lawful purposes; (3) the evidence supported the district court’s finding of a prescriptive easement; and (4) the district court did not err in determining the nature and the scope of the prescriptive easement. View "Meine v. Hren Ranches, Inc." on Justia Law