Opinion ID: 1711020
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 8

Heading: whether implied easement from former use was created at time property was subdivided

Text: In its order, the district court found that Stewart Seed acquired an implied easement for use of the rail tracks over parcel B when it purchased parcel C from Kay Omaha in 1976. This court most recently addressed the elements required to create an implied easement from former use in Hengen v. Hengen, 211 Neb. 276, 318 N.W.2d 269 (1982). In that case, the court held: An easement by implication from former use arises only where [1] the use giving rise to the easement was in existence at the time of the conveyance subdividing the property; [2] the use has been so long continued and so obvious as to show that it was meant to be permanent; and [3] the easement is necessary for the proper and reasonable enjoyment of the dominant tract. Id. at 284, 318 N.W.2d at 274.