Barrett v. Humphrey’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “The grantee of the free and uninterrupted use of a private road may improve it in such manner as to make it fit for the purpose expressed in the grant, and in so doing may construct a bridge over a ravine or creek, if it be done in such way as to cause the least practicable damage to the owner of the servient tenement; however, ample room must be left for the natural flow of the water, even in time of flood, except it be so great as to be beyond ordinary human experience, when it is regarded as an act of God, for which man cannot be held responsible.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. MILLS v. FUHRMANN

2. “The denial or award of an easement is an exercise of the trial court's equitable cognizance, and its order will be affirmed on appeal unless it is found to be against the clear weight of the evidence or contrary to law or established principles of equity.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. GOODWIN v. BLAKE