Source: https://www.oregonlawyeronline.com/legal-information/the-law-of-implied-easements-in-oregon/
Timestamp: 2019-04-23 14:30:34+00:00

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A brief summary of the law of implied easements is provided by the Oregon Court of Appeals in its recent decision in Manusos v. Skeels, 263 Or. App. 721 (2014).
The court wrote, “When land in one ownership is divided into separately owned parts by a conveyance, an easement may be created * * * by implication from the circumstances under which the conveyance was made alone.” Rose et ux. v. Denn et ux., 188 Or 1, 19, 212 P2d 1077 (1949), on reh’g, 213 P2d 810 (1950) (quoting Restatement (First) of Property § 474 (1936)). That is, an implied easement is created “when the circumstances that exist at the time of severance of a parcel establish that the grantor of the parcel intended to create an easement.” Bloomfield v. Weakland, 193 Or App 784, 795, 92 P3d 749 (2004), aff’d on other grounds, 339 Or 504, 123 P3d 275 (2005). “A number of factors are used to determine whether an easement has been created by implication, including ‘the claimant’s need for the easement, the manner in which the land was used before its conveyance, and the extent to which the manner of prior use was or might have been known to the parties.'” Fischer v. Walker, 246 Or App 589, 598, 266 P3d 178 (2011) (quoting Penny v. Burch, 149 Or App 15, 19, 941 P2d 1049 (1997)); see also Cheney v. Mueller, 259 Or 108, 118-19, 485 P2d 1218 (1971) (listing relevant considerations regarding creation of an easement by implication); Jack v. Hunt et ux., 200 17 Or 263, 267-70, 264 P2d 461 (1953), on reh’g, 265 P2d 251 (1954) (same). Implied easements are disfavored and must be established by clear and convincing evidence. 19 Thompson v. Schuh, 286 Or 201, 203, 593 P2d 1138 (1979).

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