Legal Opinion

Somers v. LeVasseur

Supreme Court of Connecticut

Decided August 2, 1994No. 14904PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtCallahan, J.

This case requires us to decide whether the trial court properly determined the scope and extent of the prescriptive right-of-way of the defendants, Joseph and Aleñe LeVasseur, over land owned by the plaintiffs, Donald L. and Betty Jo Somers. The defendants appealed from the judgment of the trial court to the Appellate Court. We transferred their appeal to this court pursuant to Practice Book § 4023 and General Statutes § 51-199 (c). We affirm the judgment of the trial court.

The trial court could reasonably have found the following facts. The plaintiffs own real estate located on the east…

2Cases cited27 opinions

  1. State v. GrahamSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1986
  2. State v. BittingSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1971
  3. Walton v. Town of New HartfordSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1992
  4. State v. SiminoSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1986
  5. Gillis v. GillisSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1990

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