Michael G. Melendez and Kathryn M‪.‬

Michael and Kathryn Melendez brought this action against their neighbor James Hintz after Hintz blocked a driveway on his property which the Melendezes or their predecessors had used for twenty years. The Melendezes claimed they had acquired a prescriptive easement by adverse use of the driveway. The district court agreed. Hintz has appealed. Upon a record of undisputed facts we are asked to decide whether, as a matter of law, the Melendezes' use of the driveway was adverse to Hintz or permissive. Holding that the use was adverse, we affirm. The properties involved are shown in the following illustrative sketch. The easement granted by the district court is the Y shaped shaded area.