Gajewski v. Taylor

VANDE WALLE, Chief Justice.

James L. Taylor appealed from a judgment of the district court, Northwest Judicial District, finding that Mervin and L.R. Gajew-ski had obtained a prescriptive easement to maintain a mailbox on Taylor’s property. We affirm.

Taylor owns land which is separated from the Gajewskis’ land by a public roadway. For efficiency and safety, the United States Postal Service requires that all rural mailboxes are erected on one side of the roadway. The Gajewskis’ mailbox is located on Taylor’s property, within the right-of-way and adjacent to the road. According to the trial…