Utah Supreme Court· 11/15/1982

Mason v. State

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656 P.2d 465
1982 Utah LEXIS 1119

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concluding that abutting property owner's right to preserve status quo entitles owner to easement over abandoned public road only where and to extent necessary for ingress and egress to and from property
concluding that abutting property owner's right to preserve status quo entitles owner to easement over abandoned public road only where and to extent necessary for ingress and egress to and from property
concluding that abutting property owner’s right to preserve status quo entitles owner to easement over abandoned public road only where and to extent necessary for ingress and egress to and from property
noting that abutting property owner cannot recover damages for deprivation of access to public road “so long as there is some alternative means of access to his property that is ‘adequate and reasonable’
\[An abutting landowner has a private easement of ingress and egress to existing public highways.\
upon abandonment one-half of highway belongs to grantee or then present owner and not to original dedicator

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Judges: Oaks, Hall, Durham, Stewart, Howe

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