Legal Opinion

Kirkland v. Kolodziej

Supreme Court of Vermont

Decided July 17, 2016No. 14-339PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

¶ 1.

Dooley, J.

Defendants James and Barbara Kolodziej appeal the decision of the Windham Superior Court granting declaratory judgment in favor of plaintiffs Bruce and Gordon Kirkland on plaintiffs’ action to quiet title in a road traversing defendants’ land and providing access to plaintiffs’ land. Following a bench trial, the court found that the road had been established formally as a public highway. We conclude that plaintiffs provided insufficient evidence to prove that a public highway had been established in the segment of the road at issue, and reverse.

¶2. The parties to this appeal are…

2Cases cited35 opinions

  1. Brown v. GobbleWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1996
  2. Highgate Associates, Ltd. v. MerryfieldSupreme Court of Vermont · 1991
  3. Kelly v. Town of BarnardSupreme Court of Vermont · 1990
  4. Community Feed Store, Inc. v. Northeastern Culvert Corp.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1989
  5. Bacon v. Boston & Maine RailroadSupreme Court of Vermont · 1910

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