Lyon v. Melino
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Judgment unanimously reversed on the law with costs and judgment granted in accordance with the following Memorandum: Supreme Court erred in determining that plaintiffs acquired a prescriptive easement over the east-west driveway on defendant’s property. To establish a prescriptive easement, plaintiffs were required to show by clear and convincing evidence that their use of the driveway was "adverse, open and notorious, continuous and uninterrupted for the prescriptive period” (Di Leo v Pecksto Holding Corp., 304 NY 505, 512; see, Lucas v Benjamin, 213 AD2d 1015; Miller v Rau, 193 AD2d 868,…
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- Miller v. RauAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993
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