Glenn v. Poole

As is often the case with easements, the governing principles are easier to state than to apply. So, for example, it is familiar law that a right of way may be acquired by prescription through twenty years of uninterrupted, open, notorious and adverse use. Nocera v. DeFeo, 340 Mass. 783 (1959). Ryan v. Stavros, 348 Mass. 251, 263 (1964). G. L. c. 187, § 2. And the extent of the easement so obtained is fixed by the use through which it was created. Baldwin v. Boston & Me. R.R., 181 Mass. 166, 168 (1902). Lawless v. Trumbull, 343 Mass. 561, 562-563 (1962). Restatement of Property § 477 (1944).…