Royston v. Frost

The following opinion was filed February 4, 1930:

Owen, J.

In order to entitle the plaintiffs or any of them to obtain the relief demanded, it is incumbent upon them to establish a parol agreement on the part of Mrs. Cranefield *244to grant an easement for the purposes of a right of way over and across lot 13 which she then owned, and the essential terms of such an agreement must be established by clear, satisfactory, and convincing evidence. Fontaine v. Riley, 189 Wis. 226; 207 N. W. 256. The record clearly discloses that the interest of Schlimgen required that the public alley be discontinued,…