Abington Ltd. Partnership v. Heublein

*817 Opinion

PETERS, J.

The underlying issue in this case is whether, as a result of the creation of an easement appurtenant granting a right of access over the property of the servient estate, the servient estate also must afford access to adjacent property that was acquired thereafter. In this appeal, however, the first and dispositive issue is whether the trial court judge properly denied a motion for his disqualification in light of the judge’s ex parte visit to the property that was the subject of the dispute. Because we conclude that disqualification was required under the circumstances of…