Carpenter v. Hanslin

OPINION

Justice ROBINSON

for the Court.

The defendants, Paul W. and Mirja Hanslin, appeal from a judgment in favor of the plaintiffs, Benjamin and Linda Carpenter, and the third-party defendant, Lynn Labossiere, in their dispute concerning rights-of-way across certain property owned by the Hanslins in Charlestown, Rhode Island. The trial justice granted the plaintiffs’ request for declaratory and injunctive relief, and he determined the location of the rights-of-way and the extent of their permissible use.

The principal historical fact that ultimately gave rise to this litigation is that in 1931…