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owned by another owner . Lakeshore lot values have consistently <br /> been higher than interior lot values because of the riparian rights <br /> attached to the lots . Such a market drop in the selling price can <br /> only be attributed to the knowledge that the interior lot did not, <br /> could not, enjoy the riparian rights associated with the lakeshore <br /> property. <br /> In closing, the City asks this court to deny Petitioners ' <br /> summary judgment motion on the grounds that the Petitioners knew <br /> that the Agreement creating the easement was invalid. It would be <br /> a travesty to allow the Petitioners to use the knowledge of the <br /> invalidity of the easements to their benefit when negotiating the <br /> purchase price of their home and then subsequently hide behind the <br /> Recording Act to assert the validity of the easement . Arguably, <br /> the petition to add the easement to the legal description was <br /> brought solely to validate an invalid easement . The expenses <br /> incurred by the Petitioners pursuing this matter would not <br /> otherwise be necessary as the easement has already been <br /> memorialized on the Torrens Certificate . <br /> Summary Judgment is a "blunt instrument" and should be <br /> employed only where it is perfectly clear that no issue of fact is <br /> involved. Home Mutual Insurance Co . v . Snyder, 356 N.W. 2d 780 <br /> (Minn. App. 1984) . The material issue of the Petitioners ' <br /> knowledge is before this Court . The evidence presented by the City <br /> -7- <br />