Wood v. Hoglund

WALTERS, Justice.

In this appeal, Kenneth and Arlene Woods (the Woods) and Ron and Reba Hawthorne (the Hawthornes) contest the district court’s entiy of judgment denying their respective claims for a prescriptive easement over two, separate rights of way across property owned by Howard and Kathryn Hoglund (the Hoglunds). For the reasons explained below, we reverse the judgment in part, and we remand the case for entry of a new judgment in accordance with this opinion.

I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

In 1984, Kenneth and Arlene Wood purchased a lot on the west side of Lake Cocolalla in Bonner…