The applicants sought a declaration of ownership by adverse possession over portions of the respondents' adjacent cottage property, or alternatively, a prescriptive easement for access and utility maintenance.
The properties were originally owned by family members who built cottages without regard to formal lot lines.
The court granted the applicants ownership of one portion (Part 3) by adverse possession, finding they had effectively excluded the true owners by building an extension and retaining wall.
The court also granted a limited prescriptive easement over another portion (Part 2) for an existing underground septic system.
The claims for adverse possession and prescriptive easement over the remaining disputed lands, including a shared driveway, were dismissed.
