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MARTIN v. SUN PIPE LINE CO.

542 Pa. 281 (1995)

666 A.2d 637

Raymond S. MARTIN and Joan W. Martin, His Wife, Appellants, v. SUN PIPE LINE COMPANY, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided September 20, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter J. Hoegen, Jr., Francis J. Hoegen, Eugene C. Kelley, Wilkes Barre, for Raymond and Joan Martin.

Garry S. Taroli, Patricia A. Ermel Lakhia, Willkes Barre, for Sun Pipeline.

Before NIX, C.J., and FLAHERTY, ZAPPALA, CAPPY, CASTILLE and MONTEMURO, JJ.

OPINION OF THE COURT

CASTILLE, Justice.

This appeal concerns a dispute over whether an easement, which was granted to the Sun Pipe Line Company ("Sun Pipe Line") pursuant to a life estate, turned into a prescriptive easement by virtue of Sun Pipe Line's alleged use of that easement after the termination of the life estate. Because the acquisition of a prescriptive easement through "unenclosed woodland" is prohibited by statute, we hold that the trial...

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