Legal Opinion

SCHONBEK v. Chase

Supreme Court of Vermont

Decided October 8, 2010No. 2009-292PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtReiber, C.J.

¶ 1. Defendants David and Brianne Chase appeal from a Chittenden Superior Court decision holding that: (1) plaintiff Andrew Schonbek, trustee of the Isaiah 61 Foundation, possessed a twelve-foot-wide prescriptive easement for vehicular and pedestrian ingress and egress across defendants’ property; (2) defendants must immediately remove a fence from their property to allow plaintiff to make use of the easement; and (3) defendants must pay plaintiff over $80,000 in costs associated with plaintiff’s construction and proposed destruction of an interior fire corridor — costs which, according to…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Community Feed Store, Inc. v. Northeastern Culvert Corp.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1989
  2. FIRST CONG. CHURCH OF ENOSBURG v. ManleySupreme Court of Vermont · 2008
  3. Rowe v. LavanwaySupreme Court of Vermont · 2006
  4. Greenberg v. HadwenSupreme Court of Vermont · 1984
  5. Dennis v. FrenchSupreme Court of Vermont · 1977

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3Cited by11 opinions

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  3. Brice Kirkland and Gordon Kirkland v. James Kolodziej and Barbara KolodziejSupreme Court of Vermont · 2015
  4. Bruno v. ZilvitisVermont Superior Court · 2014
  5. Luke v. State of VermontVermont Superior Court · 2017

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