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· 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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