Skow v. Goforth

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• noting that an easement for horse and buggy access may be used by dominant estate for modern vehicles
• noting that an easement for horse and buggy access may be used by dominant estate for modern vehicles
• concluding plaintiffs failed to show that a fence encroaching three inches onto an easement would impede their ingress or egress
• rejecting the plaintiffs’ argument that fence encroachment would complicate their options for snow removal, noting the plaintiffs would “still be able to push snow anywhere they want to on their own property”
• refusing to enjoin the construction of fence that would have intruded on sixteen-and-a-half-foot-wide easement by as little as two inches; reasoning that balancing the needs of the dominant and servient estate owners will maximize aggregate utility
• refusing to enjoin construction of fence that would have intruded on a sixteen-and-a-half-foot-wide easement by as little as two inches; reasoning that balancing the needs of the dominant and servient estate owners will maximize aggregate utility

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