Property Easement

[Ammie2886]

I live in WA state. We just bought a house and there is a sewer easement on "westerly 5 feet of the property." There is a paved road going back to a man hole. We want to fence our yard off between our house and the neighbors house. We have no problem going on our side of the road BUT if we put up a fence on our side will we be giving up that property? (Possession is 9/10 of the law. I am not sure if this is true but I have heard it enough!) Not that it is usable property but in resale every square foot counts! If we will be losing the propery would putting a gate in the fence solve the problem? Then we could still access "our property."

 

[lwpat]

I assume that the easement also extends over on the adjacent property. Then any fence will have to be on your side of the easement.

 

[Ammie2886]

It would be on our side of the easement, I am just worried that we will be giving up the part of the easement that is ours. Because it is like we are closing off that part of the property. Is it true that possesion is 9/10 of the law?