Legal Opinion · Dissent

Chabot v. Paradise

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided September 15, 1978No. 47474Published

1Dissent

L. J. IRVINE, Justice *

(dissenting).

I respectfully dissent.

Among the essential elements of an easement are: That it is incorporeal, is imposed on corporeal property, and is imposed for the benefit of corporeal property; that there are two distinct tenements, the dominant to which the right belongs and the servient on which the obligation is imposed; and that the ownership of the easement is separate and distinct from the land to which it is attached. 28 C.J.S. Easements § 1, p. 621; Burnquist v. Cook, 220 Minn. 48, 55, 19 N.W.2d 394, 398 (1945).

The majority opinion makes this statement: “ * *…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Burnquist v. CookSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1945
  2. Johnson v. SeifertSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1960
  3. Simms v. FaganSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1943
  4. Kannellos v. Great Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1923
  5. LaPlant v. SchumanSupreme Court of Iowa · 1923

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