Blaisdell v. Raab

The plaintiffs, George and Albert Blaisdell, appeal a decision of the Superior Court {Perkins, J.) that they are not entitled to an easement by implication, and that the defendants, Arthur and Rita Raab, granted them merely a revocable license to use the roadway across the defendants’ land to reach adjacent property owned by the plaintiffs. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

The defendants were the owners of a large parcel of land located on Portland Street in Rochester. In 1977, the defendants subdivided their property into two separate parcels: a 34,680-square-foot lot with frontage on…