Crabbe v. Veve Associates

This dispute centers around defendant’s obstruction of certain easements granted to plaintiffs’ predecessors in title by the developer of the now abandoned Glendale Park subdivision. Plaintiffs brought an action in the superior court, seeking injunctive relief and damages. The court concluded that the easements had not been extinguished through the abandonment of the subdivision and awarded plaintiffs compensatory and exemplary damages. Defendant appeals; we affirm.

In 1957, a subdivision plat of Glendale Park was filed in the South Burlington land records. The plat depicted residential…