Legal Opinion · Dissent

Blazer v. Wall

Montana Supreme Court

Decided April 29, 2008No. 05-386Published

1DissentJustice Morris

¶79 I concur with the Court’s conclusion that COS 4446 could not, as a matter of law, create an easement burdening Tract 1 for the benefit of any properties not shown on the survey. Opinion, ¶ 54. I dissent from the Court’s conclusion, however, that the same principles prevent COS 4446 from creating an easement burdening Tract 1 for the benefit of an on-survey property, Tract 4. Opinion, ¶ 75. The Court’s analysis of whether an easement exists to benefit Tract 4 misstates our previous easement-by-reference decisions, and confounds this already complicated body of law.

¶80 I agree with the…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Halverson v. TurnerMontana Supreme Court · 1994
  2. Pearson v. Virginia City Ranches Ass'nMontana Supreme Court · 2000
  3. Wild River Adventures, Inc. v. Board of Trustees of School District No. 8Montana Supreme Court · 1991
  4. Mularoni v. BingMontana Supreme Court · 2001
  5. Bache v. OwensMontana Supreme Court · 1994

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