McBURNEY v. PAQUIN

Nos. 18345, 18346.

28 A.3d 272 (2011)

302 Conn. 359

James R.G. McBURNEY et al. v. Peter PAQUIN et al. James R.G. McBurney et al. v. Antoinette Verderame.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided October 4, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William F. Gallagher , with whom, on the brief, was David McCarry , New Haven , for the appellants-cross appellees (defendants and intervening defendant Leslie Carothers).

Daniel J. Klau , Hartford, for the appellees-cross appellants (plaintiffs).

Richard T. Meehan, Jr. , Bridgeport, and Christopher J. Sochacki , Avon, for the appellee-cross appellant (intervening plaintiff Beachcroft, LLC).

William H. Clendenen, Jr. , with whom, on the brief, was Maura A. Mastrony , New Haven , for the appellees (intervening plaintiff Roger A. Lowlicht et al.).

ROGERS, C.J., and PALMER, ZARELLA, McLACHLAN, and EVELEIGH, Js.


ROGERS, C.J.

The issues presented by these appeals and cross appeals center on the scope of an implied easement located on a lawn that lies between a beachfront development and Long Island Sound (sound) in the town of Branford. The defendants1 appeal from the judgments rendered by the trial court concluding that the implied easement over the lawn in favor of the defendants conferred only a right-of-way to access the shoreline. The defendants...

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