Williams v. Harrsch

This is an action in equity to establish two easements across defendants’ land. Defendants appeal from a decree declaring that the public and plaintiffs have a right to one of the claimed easements for roadway purposes.

Plaintiffs own the south half and defendants own the north half of Section 11, Township 25 South, Range 33 East, of the Willamette Meridian in Harney County. Plaintiffs claimed two easements running in a north-south direction from the county road, which runs along the north boundary of Section 11, to plaintiffs’ property. One ran along the east boundary of the north half of…