Phillippi v. Knotter

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• determining that plaintiff failed to establish the existence of an easement by necessity over an adjoining parcel because a portion of plaintiff's property was accessible from a public road
• requiring that the easement must be necessary in order for the owner of the dominant tenant to use his land, “with the necessity existing both at the time of the severance of title and at the time of the exercise of the easement.” (emphasis added)
• “the existence of an easement by necessity contemplates a situation in which a parcel of land is landlocked”

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