Tipperman v. Tsiatsos

In this action for a declaratory judgment and an injunction against defendant Tsiatsos (defendant), 1 plaintiff asks this court to modify the trial court’s judgment, which construed a deed that reserved an easement favorably for defendant. The Court of Appeals affirmed the trial court’s judgment, with one minor modification. Tipperman v. Tsiatsos, 140 Or App 282, 915 P2d 446 (1996). The issues before us concern the proper methodology for construing a deed that reserves an easement and the application of that methodology to the deed at issue in this case. For the reasons that follow, we affirm…