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THE PLAINTIFFS WERE ENTITLED TO A DECLARATORY JUDGMENT TO THE EFFECT THE VILLAGE WAS REQUIRED TO REPAIR A BULKHEAD/STORM DRAIN WHICH RAN THROUGH AN EASEMENT ON PLAINTIFFS’ PROPERTY; THE WOODEN BULKHEAD WHICH CRADLED THE DRAIN PIPE HAD DETERIORATED CAUSING SINK HOLES (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined the plaintiffs were entitled to a declaratory judgment to the effect that the village was required to repair the bulkhead/storm drain pipe that ran through plaintiffs’ property pursuant to an easement. The drain pipe was encased in a wooden bulkhead which had deteriorated, causing sink holes on plaintiffs’ property. The village had refused to repair the bulkhead, claiming it was responsible only for maintenance of the drain pipe:

In 1961, the plaintiffs’ predecessors, who were the parents of the plaintiff June Anson, granted the Village a perpetual easement over a portion of their property, approximately 65 feet long and 10 feet wide, “to construct and maintain one underground storm water drain and one tide gate accessory thereto.” In the easement agreement, the Village was also granted the right and privilege “to do whatever acts [we]re necessary and proper” in the easement premises for maintaining and operating the storm water drain and tide gate. The easement agreement did not assign any responsibility for maintenance of the easement premises to the property owners. * * *

The plaintiffs’ evidence demonstrated, prima facie, that the bulkhead was an integral part of the storm water drainage system currently maintained by the Village on the easement premises. Inasmuch as the easement agreement did not place affirmative responsibility for maintenance of those premises upon the owners of the servient estate, it was the Village’s obligation to maintain the bulkhead … . … [T]he plaintiffs were entitled to a judgment declaring that the Village is required to maintain the easement premises, including the bulkhead, in a proper and safe condition, and an injunction requiring the Village to do so. Anson v Incorporated Vil. of Freeport, 2021 NY Slip Op 02266, Second Dept 4-14-21

 

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