Legal Opinion
Kunkel v. Fisher
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided June 4, 2001No. 45374-2-IPublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
23 P.3d 1128 (2001)
John KUNKEL and Robyn Kunkel, husband and wife, Respondents,
v.
Thomas J. FISHER, Appellant.
No. 45374-2-I.
Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.
June 4, 2001.
Randy Marc Boyer, Edmonds, for Appellant.
Victor Evald Haglund, Everett, for Respondents.
GROSSE, J.
In a claim for a prescriptive easement, the use of another's property is presumed to be permissive. The trial court erred when it failed to apply this presumption to the Kunkels' claim of a prescriptive easement over the Fisher property. Because the Kunkels did not put forth sufficient evidence to overcome the…
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