Sieben Ranch Co. v. Adams
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The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the district court granting summary judgment to Sieben Ranch Company regarding a road dispute concerning Lyons Creek Road, holding that the district court correctly held that Lyons Creek Road, traversing northwesterly beyond the gate installed by Sieben Ranch, was private.
Sieben Ranch filed for declaratory and injunctive relief, asserting that Defendants had no legal access over Sieben Ranch property via Lyons Creek Road. The district court granted summary judgment for Sieben Ranch, concluding that Defendants had no right of access over Sieben Ranch. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding (1) Lyons Creek Road was a public road up to Sieben Ranch's gate, at which point it became a private road subject to a conservation easement; and (2) Defendants did not have an express easement conveyed by the conservation easement for purposes of crossing Sieben Ranch property via Lyons Creek Road.
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