Carpenter v. Hanslin

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that actual use sufficient to establish a prescriptive easement must be adverse to the true owner, under a claim of right, and cannot be established by foot traffic alone

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

18 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Grady v. Narragansett Electric Co.
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2009-01-09· cited 94×
• Hilley v. Lawrence
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2009-06-19· cited 39×
• Wellington Condominium Association v. Wellington Cove Condominium Association
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2013-06-26· cited 20×
• Pelletier v. LAUREANNO
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2012-06-27· cited 14×
• Drescher v. Johannessen
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2012-07-05· cited 14×
• Butterfly Realty v. James Romanella & Sons, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2014-07-01· cited 9×
• Mario Gianfrancesco v. A.R. Bilodeau, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2015-04-17· cited 9×
• Hayden v. Hayden
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2007-06-28· cited 5×
• Almesallmy v. Lapinski
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2009-10-29
• Virginia B. Kinder, individually and in her capacity as Trustee of the Virginia B. Kinder Trust v. Jil Westcott
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2015-01-12
• Waltz v. Camara
  Superior Court of Rhode Island· 2008-06-30
• Rocky David Farm v. Reen
  Superior Court of Rhode Island· 2011-06-01
• Panciera v. Ashaway Pines
  Superior Court of Rhode Island· 2010-02-09
• The Narragansett Electric Co. v. Zira
  Superior Court of Rhode Island· 2010-01-05
• Panciera v. Ashaway Pines
  Superior Court of Rhode Island· 2010-03-12
• Wellington Cond. Assn. v. Cove Cond.
  Superior Court of Rhode Island· 2010-08-25
• Read's Landscape Construction, Inc. v. The Town of West Warwick
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2021-06-10
• Kristina Urbonas v. John Gullison
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2025-07-03

Cites

26 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Tanner v. Town Council of Town of East Greenwich
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2005-07-18· cited 100×
• Sherman v. Goloskie
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1963-02-11· cited 47×
• Bogosian v. Bederman
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2003-06-02· cited 44×
• Matter of Dissolution of Anderson, Zangari & Bossian
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2006-01-13· cited 43×
• Altieri v. Dolan
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1980-12-10· cited 37×
• Reitsma v. Pascoag Reservoir & Dam, LLC
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2001-06-20· cited 36×
• Vallone v. City of Cranston Department of Public Works
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1964-02-05· cited 36×
• Burke-Tarr Company v. Ferland Corporation
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1999-02-10· cited 29×
• Greenwood v. Rahill
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1980-03-11· cited 26×
• Russo v. Stearns Farms Realty, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1977-01-07· cited 24×
• Palisades Sales Corp. v. Walsh
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1983-04-27· cited 23×
• Daniels v. Blake
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1953-08-13· cited 22×
• Waterman v. Waterman
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1961-11-24· cited 21×
• Foley v. Lyons
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1956-09-06· cited 21×
• Catalano v. Woodward
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1992-12-15· cited 21×
• Opella v. Opella
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2006-05-05· cited 20×
• Andreozzi v. Andreozzi
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2003-01-14· cited 15×
• Delaney v. Gurrieri
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1982-09-10· cited 15×
• Sharp v. Silva Realty Corp.
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1957-08-06· cited 13×
• Frenning v. Dow
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1988-07-22· cited 13×