Stiefel v. Lindemann

In these appeals from the judgments that followed two actions tried to the court, the primary questions to be resolved are whether the defendants have an easement (1) over land of the plaintiff Steven Grossman,1 and (2) over the land of Elizabeth G. Dubois. The resolution of the first question is dependent on the interpretation of a reservation of a right-of-way in a deed from the predecessor in title of the defendants to a predecessor in title of Grossman, or on whether, if the deed is ineffective, an easement by prescription exists in favor of the defendants. In both actions, the plaintiff…