Thomas v. Barnum

Defendant Edwin Barnum appeals from a judgment of the District Court of the Fourth Judicial District, Lake County, finding a prescriptive easement across his property in favor of plaintiffs, and enjoining him from obstructing plaintiffs’ use of the easement. We affirm.

In dispute is the right to use without permission or obstruction a dirt and gravel road running north from the Lake Mary Ronan Highway through lands owned by plaintiffs Gary and Phillip Thomas and continuing through the property of Edwin Barnum. The road then enters the property owned by Jerome and Ruth Thomas, and continues in…