Kingsley v. Gouldsborough Land Improvement Co.
Maine Supreme Judicial Court
29 A. 1074 (1894)
Relevant factsFree
After Bingham severed his coastal property, the resulting parcel owned by the defendant was surrounded on three sides by navigable water and bordered the plaintiff's parcel on the fourth, with the defendant having no land-based access except across the plaintiff's property; the plaintiff sued for trespass, and the defendant claimed an easement by necessity over the plaintiff's land.
IssueFree
Whether mere convenience is sufficient to create an easement implied by necessity.