Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, with costs.
The burden of proving all the elements of a prescriptive easement is on the person who asserts the claim. Once the claimant has shown, by clear and convincing evidence, that the subject property was used openly, notoriously, and continuously for the statutory period, the presumption arises that the use was adverse and the burden shifts to the owner of the property to rebut the presumption by showing that the use was...
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