Legal Opinion
Brede v. Koop
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided December 16, 2005No. 04-0740PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TERNUS, Justice.
The appellants, Linda and Robert Bre-de, filed this action for trespass, injunctive relief, and a declaratory judgment against their neighbors, appellees Gary and Annabelle Koop. The Bredes claimed the Koops had no right to use a gravel driveway crossing the Bredes’ property and leading to the Koops’ residence. The Koops filed a counterclaim seeking a declaratory judgment that they had a prescriptive easement in the road. After a bench trial, the district court ruled the facts supported the establishment of a prescriptive easement and an easement by implication. Based on this…
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