Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department, New York.
David J. MYKOFF, et al., Appellants,
v.
Stanley I. RUBENFELD, et al., Respondents, et al., Defendants.
April 17, 1989.
 Action was brought to determine claims to easement.   The Supreme Court, Nassau 
County, Becker, J., directed claimants of interest in disputed easement/bridle 
path to join as party defendants all persons owning property abutting the 
disputed easement, and claimants appealed.   The Supreme Court, Appellate 
Division, held that claimants were properly required to join such persons.
 Affirmed.
West Headnotes
Easements  61(7)
141k61(7) Most Cited Cases
Claimants of interest in disputed easement/bridle path were properly directed to 
join as party defendants all persons owning property abutting the disputed 
easement, where easement was obstructed in that it had been rendered impassable 
by fences, trees, and bushes and had not been used as bridle path in 18 years, 
so co-owners of easement might object to its reestablishment as easement, and 
easement was ostensibly intended to be contiguous bridle path for benefit of all 
abutting landowners shown on map, so claim that claimants were asserting legal 
rights vis-a-vis defendants only was unavailing.
 *266 Kirschenbaum & Kirschenbaum, P.C., Garden City (Samuel Kirschenbaum and 
Ira Levine, of counsel), for appellants.
 Congdon, Flaherty, O'Callaghan, Reid & Donlon, P.C., Garden City (Robert F. Van 
der Waag, of counsel), for respondents.
 Before RUBIN, J.P., and KOOPER, SULLIVAN and BALLETTA, JJ.
 MEMORANDUM BY THE COURT.
 In an action pursuant to Real Property Actions and Proceedings Law article 15 
to determine claims to an easement, the plaintiffs appeal from an order of the 
Supreme Court, Nassau County (Becker, J.), entered April 6, 1988, which upon the 
motions of the defendants Stanley and Caryl Rubenfeld's pursuant to CPLR 
3211(a)(10), directed the plaintiffs, inter alia, to join as party defendants 
all persons owning property abutting the disputed easement.
 ORDERED that the order is affirmed, with costs.
 The plaintiffs claim that their interest in the disputed easement/bridle path 
is in no way inconsistent with the rights of adjacent property owners who also 
have an interest in the easement.   The record reveals, however, that the 
easement is obstructed.   It has been rendered impassable by fences, trees and 
bushes and, in the past 18 years has not been used as a bridle path.   Thus, the 
co-owners of the easement may object to its re-establishment as an easement and, 
accordingly, should be joined as parties.   Moreover, since the easement was 
ostensibly intended to be a contiguous bridle path for the benefit of all 
abutting landowners shown on the Vincent Astor map, the plaintiffs' claim that 
they are asserting legal rights vis-a-vis the defendants only is unavailing (see 
generally, Alexander Smith & Sons Carpet Co. v. Ball, 143 App.Div. 83).
 We have reviewed the plaintiffs' remaining contentions and find them to be 
without merit.
540 N.Y.S.2d 266, 149 A.D.2d 574
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Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department, New York.

David J. MYKOFF, et al., Appellants,v.Stanley I. RUBENFELD, et al., Respondents, et al., Defendants.

April 17, 1989.

 Action was brought to determine claims to easement.   The Supreme Court, Nassau County, Becker, J., directed claimants of interest in disputed easement/bridle path to join as party defendants all persons owning property abutting the disputed easement, and claimants appealed.   The Supreme Court, Appellate Division, held that claimants were properly required to join such persons.
 Affirmed.

West Headnotes
Easements  61(7)141k61(7) Most Cited Cases
Claimants of interest in disputed easement/bridle path were properly directed to join as party defendants all persons owning property abutting the disputed easement, where easement was obstructed in that it had been rendered impassable by fences, trees, and bushes and had not been used as bridle path in 18 years, so co-owners of easement might object to its reestablishment as easement, and easement was ostensibly intended to be contiguous bridle path for benefit of all abutting landowners shown on map, so claim that claimants were asserting legal rights vis-a-vis defendants only was unavailing. *266 Kirschenbaum & Kirschenbaum, P.C., Garden City (Samuel Kirschenbaum and Ira Levine, of counsel), for appellants.
 Congdon, Flaherty, O'Callaghan, Reid & Donlon, P.C., Garden City (Robert F. Van der Waag, of counsel), for respondents.

 Before RUBIN, J.P., and KOOPER, SULLIVAN and BALLETTA, JJ.


 MEMORANDUM BY THE COURT.
 In an action pursuant to Real Property Actions and Proceedings Law article 15 to determine claims to an easement, the plaintiffs appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Becker, J.), entered April 6, 1988, which upon the motions of the defendants Stanley and Caryl Rubenfeld's pursuant to CPLR 3211(a)(10), directed the plaintiffs, inter alia, to join as party defendants all persons owning property abutting the disputed easement.
 ORDERED that the order is affirmed, with costs.
 The plaintiffs claim that their interest in the disputed easement/bridle path is in no way inconsistent with the rights of adjacent property owners who also have an interest in the easement.   The record reveals, however, that the easement is obstructed.   It has been rendered impassable by fences, trees and bushes and, in the past 18 years has not been used as a bridle path.   Thus, the co-owners of the easement may object to its re-establishment as an easement and, accordingly, should be joined as parties.   Moreover, since the easement was ostensibly intended to be a contiguous bridle path for the benefit of all abutting landowners shown on the Vincent Astor map, the plaintiffs' claim that they are asserting legal rights vis-a-vis the defendants only is unavailing (see generally, Alexander Smith & Sons Carpet Co. v. Ball, 143 App.Div. 83).
 We have reviewed the plaintiffs' remaining contentions and find them to be without merit.
540 N.Y.S.2d 266, 149 A.D.2d 574
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