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Easements

By: Derek Hawkins//May 3, 2016//

Easements

By: Derek Hawkins//May 3, 2016//

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WI Court of Appeals – District III

Case Name: Paul R. Bertheaume et al v. Floyd Howard Olsen

Case No.: 2014AP2886

Officials: Stark, P.J., Hruz and Seidl, JJ.

Focus: Easements

Floyd Olsen appeals a judgment declaring that Paul and Laura Bertheaume enjoy a thirty-foot wide, non-exclusive easement for ingress and egress over an existing roadway located on Olsen’s property. The circuit court found that this roadway consists of both a gravel road as well as the grassy areas on its sides. Olsen argues the easement should be twelve feet wide, encompassing only the width of the gravel road. We affirm the circuit court’s findings regarding the area subject to the easement.

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Attorney Derek A. Hawkins is the managing partner at Hawkins Law Offices LLC, where he heads up the firm’s startup law practice. He specializes in business formation, corporate governance, intellectual property protection, private equity and venture capital funding and mergers & acquisitions. Check out the website at www.hawkins-lawoffices.com or contact them at 262-737-8825.

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