Case Name: MALLETT v. BUERMAN et ux
Court: Oregon Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Oregon
Decision Date: 1963-05-29
Citations: 234 Or. 376
Docket Number: 
Parties: MALLETT v. BUERMAN et ux
Judges: Before McAllister, Chief Justice, and Rossman, Perry, Sloan, O’Connell, Goodwin and Denecke, Justices.
Reporter: Oregon Reports
Volume: 234
Pages: 376–377

Head Matter:
Argued May 8,
affirmed May 29, 1963
MALLETT v. BUERMAN et ux
382 P. 2d 79
Robert D. Lytle, Vale, argued the cause for appellant. On the brief were Lytle and Goodwin.
James A. Cox, Ontario, argued the cause for respondents. On the brief were Tturri, O’Kief & Cox.
Before McAllister, Chief Justice, and Rossman, Perry, Sloan, O’Connell, Goodwin and Denecke, Justices.

Opinion:
O'CONNELL, J.
Plaintiff brought this suit seeking a decree restraining defendants from interfering with plaintiff's roadway easement which ran through defendants' land, and to recover damages for defendants' alleged interference with the roadway. Plaintiff appeals from a decree which, in effect, denied the relief prayed for.
Defendants concede that plaintiff is the owner of a roadway easement approximately 21 feet in width. However, plaintiff asserts that the easement is approximately 32 feet in width and that it was acquired by prescriptive use.
Plaintiff's evidence fails to establish a prescriptive use to the additional width claimed. Since the claim for damages is predicated upon the existence of a 32-foot easement, it must fail.
The decree of the lower court is affirmed.