Legal Opinion

Drescher v. Johannessen

Supreme Court of Rhode Island

Decided July 5, 2012No. 2010-269-AppealPublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

Justice INDEGLIA,

for the Court.

Before this Court is the plaintiffs appeal of a Superior Court judgment declaring that the plaintiff, Allen J. Drescher (Drescher or plaintiff), failed to establish an easement by prescription over a right-of-way owned by the defendant, Sigurd W. Johannessen (Johannessen or defendant). In the trial court, Drescher was equally unsuccessful in his attempt to prove that the right-of-way at issue also constituted a dedicated public road. Though mindful of Drescher’s intermittent use of the disputed right-of-way for almost twenty-five years to access his…

2Cases cited30 opinions

  1. Grady v. Narragansett Electric Co.Supreme Court of Rhode Island · 2009
  2. Donnelly v. CowsillSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1998
  3. Robidoux v. PelletierSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1978
  4. Tavares v. BeckSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 2003
  5. Sherman v. GoloskieSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1963

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Butterfly Realty v. James Romanella & Sons, Inc.Supreme Court of Rhode Island · 2014
  2. Mario Gianfrancesco v. A.R. Bilodeau, Inc.Supreme Court of Rhode Island · 2015
  3. Peter F. Kilmartin, Attorney General of the State of Rhode Island v. Joan M. BarbutoSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 2017
  4. Victoria Roach v. State of Rhode IslandSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 2017
  5. Kircheimer v. CarrierKentucky Supreme Court · 2014

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