| Court: | WI Supreme Court |
| Facts: | One family has an easement to use another's driveway. Previous owners zoomed, so the driveway is lined with obstacles. The two families disagree about whether a garage can be built near the property line, so the driveway owner makes more obstacles, to the point where the driveway isn't useable for large-ish vehicles any more. |
| Posture: | Trial court orders the McDonalds to remove the asphalt mounds, rocks, and steel pipes. |
| Issue: | Are the obstacles a nuisance (i.e., does this use of McDonald's property unreasonably interfere with Hunter's use of his own property)? |
| Holding: | Yes. Affirmed. |
| Rule: | Even if you don't physically encroach on an easement, if you obstruct it's use, that's a nuisance. |
| Reasoning: | An easement is a permanent interest in land, including the right to enjoy it fully without obstruction. |
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