Opinion ID: 887348
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Text: ¶ 18 Did the District Court err in finding any prescriptive easement that may have existed was extinguished? ¶ 19 Trust argues that the prescriptive easement established by Lee was never extinguished because Colony failed to prove the statutory criteria listed in § 70-17-111, MCA. Trust's argument assumes Lee's use of the road in the 1950's and 1960's established a valid prescriptive easement. However, since we have already affirmed the District Court's conclusion that Trust did not prove Lee's use of the road established a prescriptive easement in the 1950's and 1960's by clear and convincing evidence, it is unnecessary for us to reach this issue. ¶ 20 We therefore affirm. We Concur: KARLA M. GRAY, C.J., JOHN WARNER, JAMES C. NELSON, and JIM RICE, JJ.