Frederick v. Consolidated Waste Services, Inc.

CLIFFORD, Justice.

The plaintiffs, Edward and Gloria Frederick, appeal from the judgment of the Superior Court (Somerset County, Beau-lieu, J.) declaring that land owned by the defendant, Consolidated Waste Services, Inc. (“CWS”), was not subject to an easement benefitting the Fredericks’ property. We affirm the judgment.

The Fredericks and CWS own adjoining properties in the Town of Norridgewock. The Fredericks’ property is unimproved and serves as a woodlot. The chain of title to both parcels can be traced back to a common grantor in 1855. The deed from the common grantor to the Fredericks’…