SPRINGER v. CAHOY

Nos. 26107, 26108, 26116.

814 N.W.2d 131 (2012)

2012 S.D. 32

Dale E. SPRINGER, Dorothy M. Springer, Roger A. Springer and Daniel L. Springer, Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. Andy CAHOY, Defendant and Appellee, and Donald L. McClung, as trustee of the Donald L. McClung Trust, Leonard M. McClung, as trustee of the Leonard M. McClung Trust and All Other Persons Unknown Claiming Any Right, Title, Estate, Lien or Interest in the Complaint Adverse to Plaintiffs' Ownership or Any Cloud On Plaintiff's Title, Defendants. Dale E. Springer, Dorothy M. Springer, Roger A Springer and Daniel L. Springer, Plaintiffs and Appellees, v. Andy Cahoy, Defendant and Appellant, and Donald L. McClung, as trustee of the Donald L. McClung Trust, Leonard M. McClung, as trustee of the Leonard M. McClung trust and All Other Persons Unknown Claiming Any Right, Title, Estate, Lien or Interest in the Complaint Adverse to Plaintiffs' Ownership or Any Cloud on Plaintiff's Title, Defendants.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided May 2, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary W. Schumacher of Wilkinson & Wilkinson, De Smet, South Dakota, Attorneys for plaintiffs and appellants # 26107, for plaintiffs and appellees # 26108, #26116 (N.O.R.).

Gordon P. Nielsen of Delaney, Vander Linden, Delaney, Nielsen & Sannes, P.C., Sisseton, South Dakota, Attorneys for defendant and appellant # 26108, for defendant and appellee # 26107.


ZINTER, Justice.

[¶ 1.] The central issue in these consolidated appeals is whether an easement implied from prior use exists. Dale Springer, Dorothy Springer, Roger Springer, and Daniel Springer (Springers) own a forty-acre parcel of property. Andy Cahoy owns an adjoining forty-acre parcel. After Springers purchased their parcel, they began using Cahoy's parcel to access their property. When Cahoy prohibited Springers from crossing Cahoy's parcel, Springers filed...

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