Legal Opinion
Williams v. Fagnani
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided November 23, 2007No. S-12192PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
EASTAUGH, Justice.
I. INTRODUCTION
Lee Williams and Larry Fagnani own adjacent parcels of land, which were originally owned by Charles Harrison, a homesteader. To obtain access to a nearby public road, Harrison and other homesteading families constructed a small private road from what is now Williams’s property through part of a parcel now owned by Fagnani. Although this road begins on a public section line easement, a significant portion of it is on Fagnani’s land. No written easements grant Williams the right to use the portion of the road on Fagnani’s land. After Fagnani claimed that…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Demoski v. NewAlaska Supreme Court · 1987
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- Freightways Terminal Co. v. Industrial & Commercial Construction, Inc.Alaska Supreme Court · 1963
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