Schaller v. State Ex Rel. Iowa Department of Natural Resources

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• recognizing a road easement permits improvements which make travel safer and more convenient, and allows the road to be used for parking
• defining a taking, in part, as interference with use and enjoyment of property
• “A county has statutory authority to vacate roads. The public does not have a vested right to keep a road open.” (citations omitted)
• “Where the easement extends to a public lake, it may be inferred the road easement provides access to the lake.”
• “To constitute prescriptive use, the use must be without legal authority.”
• suggesting public’s right of access to lake is protected

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).