Hunnell v. Roseburg Resources Co.

Plaintiffs sought various forms of equitable relief — a declaratory judgment, an injunction, a judgment quieting title — to prevent defendant from using a road that connected defendant’s property to Interstate 5 by passing across plaintiffs’ property. Defendant responded that it lawfully used the road under an easement granted to defendant’s predecessor-in-interest by plaintiffs’ predecessor-in-interest. The sole issue on appeal is whether the trial court erred in interpreting the easement to permit defendant to continue using the road. We reverse and remand.

The following facts are…