Drescher v. Johannessen

How courts have described this case

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• distinguishing between the elements of adverse possession and easement by prescription
• “To establish an easement by prescription, a claimant must show actual, open, notorious, hostile, and continuous use under a claim of right for at least ten years.”
• “[T]o constitute hostile use, the claimant need only show a use ‘inconsistent with the right of the owner, without permission asked or given, * * * such as would entitle the owner to a cause of action against the intruder [for trespass].’”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).