Swift v. Kniffen

How courts have described this case

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

• directing the trial court to entertain a motion by plaintiffs to amend the complaint to include a new cause of action based on a case decided while the appeal was pending
• treating issue of whether landowner “engaged in ‘sufficient activities to negate any presumed intent to dedicate to the public’ ” as “factual issue” reviewed for clear error
• listing the elements required to succeed on a prescriptive easement claim
• where trial judge had previously represented one of the parties in regard to similar litigation, the appearance of partiality required reassignment on remand
• owner “engaged in ‘sufficient activities to negate any presumed intent to dedicate to the public.’ ”
• “Under Alaska law, a private easement is created by estoppel only upon a showing of an oral grant and detrimental reliance.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).