Alaska Supreme Court· 9/18/1992

McGill v. Wahl

Citations

839 P.2d 393
1992 Alas. LEXIS 108
1992 WL 228897

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\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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