Zhang v. George N. Coritsidis

The defendants are the owners of certain residential property abutting the Long Island Sound, which they purchased in 1993. In May 2006 the plaintiffs purchased a parcel across the street from the defendants’ property. The plaintiffs’ deed contains a right-of-way over the westernmost five feet of the defendants’ property, from the street to the Long Island Sound, granting them access to the beach.

In April 2007 the plaintiffs commenced this action, inter alia, for a judgment declaring that their property is benefited by a recorded easement over a certain portion of the defendants’ property as…