Pedersen v. Ziehl
Annotate this CaseDean and Nancy Ziehl contended that they owned a prescriptive easement over a portion of dock located on the Swan River that extended onto Gayle Pederson's property. The Ziehls argued that the easement allowed them to maintain and use the entire dock. The district court concluded that the Ziehls did not hold a prescriptive easement and ordered that the intruding portion of dock be removed and costs be awarded to Pederson. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that the district court did not err by determining that the Ziehls failed to use the dock adversely for the required statutory period in order to obtain the prescriptive easement.
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