Algee v. Hren

Plaintiff and Defendants owned adjoining properties. Defendants’ property held an easement that ran through Plaintiff’s land. When Defendants began to build a road on their easement to access their property, Plaintiff filed a complaint. The Cascade Conservation District eventually issued the necessary permit so Defendants could continue road construction. The Defendants completed the road along their easement in 2010. In 2013, Plaintiff filed suit alleging that Defendants destroyed an access trail when constructing the easement road. Plaintiff also filed a notice of lis pendens, which prevented Defendants from closing on the sale of their property. The district court held that Plaintiff’s trespass and negligence claims were barred by the statutes of limitations and that his remaining claims were barred by laches. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding the district court properly applied the doctrine of laches and did not err by granting summary judgment in favor of Defendants on all of Plaintiff’s claims not already barred by statutes of limitation. View "Algee v. Hren" on Justia Law