· 7/24/1981
Glenn v. Poole
Citations
- 423 N.E.2d 1030
- 12 Mass. App. Ct. 292
- 1981 Mass. App. LEXIS 1164
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- flaring out roadway at entrance for safety was within dominant estate's right to make necessary repairs and improvements and so minor as to not inconvenience servient estate
- “Clearing limbs from a roadway, smoothing the surface of a way, placing gravel on a road, or even paving a road have been condoned as reasonable repairs, if necessary to enjoyment of [an] easement”
- ‘In the law of easements, a mutation is not within the scope of normal development.’
- frequent use of road for seven decades gave rise to presumption of easement
- permissible for owner of dominant estate to make necessary repairs to easement
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Judges: Hale, Greaney, Kass
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