Walley v. Iraca
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
BROSKY, Judge:
This is an appeal from the denial of post-trial relief in an action in equity. 1 The issues raised by this appeal are: (1) did the chancellor in equity err in finding that appellants had not met their burden of proof in demonstrating the existence of a prescriptive easement over appellees’ property? (2) did the chancellor err in awarding punitive damages? Upon review of the record, we find that the evidence supports the chancellor’s findings, as well as the award of punitive damages, and accordingly affirm.
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