Property Ownership
A Mississippi property owner who allows a utility company to install power lines across their land, without receiving an easement, may eventually create an easement by:
AExpress grant
BEstoppel
CPrescription✓ Correct
DNecessity
Explanation
An easement by prescription arises from open, notorious, continuous, hostile, and adverse use over the statutory period (similar to adverse possession). A utility company's long-term use without permission may ripen into a prescriptive easement.
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