Manusos v. Skeels

This dispute between neighbors concerns plaintiffs access to a well located on defendants’ adjacent property. It is before us for the second time. In our first decision, we concluded that the trial court had erred in reforming defendants’ deed to reflect a waterline easement serving plaintiffs property, because plaintiff, who was not a party to the deed or in privity with any party to the deed, was not in a position to seek its reformation. Manusos v. Skeels, 238 Or App 657, 243 P3d 491 (2010), rev den, 350 Or 130 (2011) (Manusos I). We then remanded the case to the trial court to address…