Gerstner v. Wilhelm

PHILLIPS, Chief Justice.

This case involves interference with an easement of right of way over appellant’s property. Pursuant to findings by a jury, the trial court awarded appellees damages, including punitive damages and enjoined appellant from any further interference.

We affirm the judgment.

The parties hereto each purchased a fifteen-acre tract of land within a few months’ time of one another. Both tracts were purchased from the same seller. Appellant’s tract was long and narrow and abutted a roadway. Appellees’ tract was rectangular in shape and adjoined appellant’s tract on the end…