Legal Opinion

Jost v. Resta

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided February 2, 1988PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

McKUSICK, Chief Justice.

Defendants Robert and Elizabeth Resta have appealed the judgment entered by the Superior Court (Hancock County) declaring a prescriptive easement for a way across their land, appurtenant to land owned by their neighbor, plaintiff Helen Jost. Jost has cross-appealed the court’s rejection of her claim of an easement by necessity across the Restas’ land. We find no reversible error in the Superior Court’s judgment.

Jost owns two parcels of land in South Deer Isle. The first parcel, which has long been in her family, borders the easterly side of Route 15, which runs north…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Dartnell v. BidwellSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1916
  2. Blackmer v. WilliamsSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1981
  3. LeMay v. AndersonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1979
  4. Jacobs v. BoomerSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1970
  5. Pace v. CarterSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1978

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Stickney v. City of SacoSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2001
  2. Glidden v. BeldenSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1996
  3. Morrell v. RiceSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1993
  4. Gutcheon v. BectonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1991
  5. Longley v. KnappSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1998

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