Opinion ID: 1711020
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Heading Rank: 10

Heading: Continuous and Obvious Use

Text: In its order, the district court found that the rail tracks had been in use for over twenty (20) years at the time Union Stockyards [Kay Omaha] began subdividing the property and that [a]t the time [Stewart Seed] acquired the property ... the tracks were obvious and so was the ... use of the tracks. At trial, Norman, retired secretary and treasurer of the former Union Stockyards, testified that the tracks were built by Union Stockyards in 1952, and were used by the company to haul grain to its warehouses. Kratvill, the current vice president of Autoliner Corporation, testified that he personally operated railroad cars over the tracks on parcels B and C from 1971 through 1976. Thus, we determine that the use giving rise to the easement was in existence, and had been so long continued and so obvious as to show that it was meant to be permanent, at the time Kay Omaha conveyed parcel C to Stewart Seed. See Hengen v. Hengen, supra .