Chapdelaine v. Sochocki

This case involves a dispute over an easement. Plaintiff Thomas Chapdelaine sold a one-acre parcel of property to defendants Ralph E. and Linda Sochocki and subsequently filed suit against defendants after they denied plaintiff the right to use an easement over their property. Plaintiff claimed the easement for access to an adjoining rear parcel, which plaintiff retained and which became landlocked upon his conveyance of the one-acre parcel to defendants. Defendants appeal as of right from the judgment, following a bench trial, granting plaintiff an easement by reservation and by necessity…