Hay v. Stevens

This is a suit in which plaintiffs seek to establish a prescriptive easement in the form of several pathways across defendants’ land. Defendants appeal from a decree in favor of plaintiffs.

Defendants own a parcel of land at Cannon Beach, Oregon, between plaintiffs’ land and the beach. Plaintiffs purchased one parcel of their property (Lot 4) from a Mrs. Morrison and an adjoining parcel (Lot 5) from a Mr. and Mrs. Wolff. Plaintiffs and their predecessors in title to both parcels used the pathways above to get to the public part of the beach.

The only question on appeal is the sufficiency of the…