· 9/18/1992
McGill v. Wahl
Citations
- 839 P.2d 393
- 1992 Alas. LEXIS 108
- 1992 WL 228897
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- \The analysis is actually less of a distinct two-part test than an overall balancing of equities.\
- “[t]o establish a prescriptive easement a party must prove that (1) the use of the easement was continuous and uninterrupted”
- no right to jury trial in action for declaration of existence of prescriptive easement, as opposed to action for damages
- AS 09.10.030 establishes the \method by which a claimant may establish title through adverse possession\ and \constitutes a method for establishing an easement through prescription.\
- “The Alaska Constitution preserves a jury trial only for those causes of action which are legal, and not equitable in nature.”
- requiring proof of continuous use to establish prescriptive easement
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Judges: Rabinowitz, Burke, Matthews, Compton, Moore
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