Granite Properties Ltd. Partnership v. Manns

How courts have described this case

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• holding that if a conveyance creates a land-locked parcel, an easement permitting access to the parcel “is implied by way of necessity” unless “a contrary intent is manifested”
• stating that the degree of necessity required to show an easement favoring the conveyor is greater than that required for an easement favoring the conveyee
• an easement by necessity usually arises to allow ingress and egress to landlocked property
• using “common ownership” and “unity of title” synonymously

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).