Denardo v. Stanton

On a complaint for declaratory judgment, a Land Court judge decided that the defendants had established a prescriptive easement for foot travel on a way to the beach along the plaintiffs’ property (Beach Way). The plaintiffs appeal from *359the judge’s decision that the defendants had satisfactorily proved such use for the requisite period of time. In particular, the plaintiffs contend that the judge erred in deciding that (1) the defendants’ use of Beach Way is appurtenant to their land, (2) the defendants’ use was continuous for the necessary twenty-year period, and (3) the plaintiffs’…