Lester v. Galambos

MURPHY, Judge.

*28 Michael Lester and Peggy Louann Bowen (collectively, "Plaintiffs") and Rachel Galambos ("Defendant") dispute whether an easement exists over a portion of Plaintiffs' property. "[C]ourts will find the existence of an easement by implication under certain circumstances[,]"

*29 including when an easement may be implied from prior existing use. Knott v. Washington Hous. Auth. of the City of Washington , N.C. , 70 N.C. App. 95 , 97, 318 S.E.2d 861 , 862 (1984) (citation omitted). The use which gives rise to an implied easement "must have been so long continued and obvious as to show it…