Legal Opinion
Abbott v. Nampa School District No. 131
Idaho Supreme Court
Decided January 28, 1991No. 17964PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOYLE, Justice.
In this property easement case we are called upon to determine whether a stranger to an easement may use the easement pursuant to a license agreement with the easement holder without obtaining the consent of the servient estate’s owner so long as the burden on the servient estate is not enlarged.
Dan and Joanne Abbott are owners of a five acre parcel of land located on Greenhurst Road in Canyon County which is burdened by an irrigation ditch easement (hereinafter “Savage Lateral”) granted to the Nampa-Meridian Irrigation District. Defendant Nampa School District No. 131 owns…
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