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4 canonical passages across 4 cases, quoted by 16 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Bob Backman v. James A. Spagon.

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1 Bob Backman v. James A. Spagon Anchor
idaho · 2009
green “an easement is the right to use the land of another for a specific purpose that is not inconsistent with the general use of the property by the owner.” 4
2 Attaway v. Davis
ark · 1986
green “a way of necessity having been created by implication for the benefit of the grantee of the dominant estate or his successors thereafter, it cannot be extinguished so long as the necessity continues to exist.” 4
3 William C. Haak Trust v. Wilusz
indctapp · 2011
green “the right to an easement of necessity does not expire or attach itself to a particular owner; there is no statute of limitations on easement of necessity and the right to one does not expire upon transfer of either the dominant or servient estates.” 4
4 Hinrichs v. Melton
calctapp · 2017
green “an easement by necessity cannot be extinguished as long as the necessity exists.” 4

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