Biddle v. Chatel

HARRIS, Associate Judge:

This appeal arises from a dispute over alleged misrepresentations made to Livingston and Catharina Biddle concerning their right to use an alley providing access to a garage located on their then-newly-purchased Georgetown property. As plaintiffs in the trial court, the Biddles sought a declaratory judgment establishing the existence of a prescriptive easement over the alley as against Mrs. Muriel M. Yasuna, a neighbor and the titled owner of the alley. In the same action, the Biddles also sought compensatory and punitive damages for misrepresentation of access rights…