Abbott v. Thompson

This is a suit to enjoin defendants from interfering with plaintiffs’ 1 use of a roadway which passes across defendants’ property. The trial court found that plaintiff was the owner of an easement on the roadway across defendants’ property and granted him an injunction preventing defendants from interfering with his use of the roadway and costs. We review de novo, ORS 19.125(3), and affirm.

The parties own adjacent parcels of land in Douglas County. In 1954, defendants’ predecessors in interest executed an instrument granting plaintiff an easement for ingress and egress over the roadway across…