Austin v. Silver

The petitioners, David, James and Carolyn Austin and Robert Guinto, appeal an order of the Superior Court ('Wageling, J.), following a bench trial, denying their petition to quiet title and ruling that the respondents, Lester C. and Sophie A. Silver, have a deeded right-of-way over the petitioners’ lot. We affirm.

The record reveals the following facts. The parties own land near Rocky Bound Pond in Croydon. The petitioners’ lot, referred to as Lot 4, has frontage on the pond. The respondents’ lot, referred to as the Silver Lot, is adjacent to the petitioners’ lot and lacks frontage on the…