Abstract

The author presents the procedural situation of the owners of land who - after years of, in their opinion, unlawful use of their property by an entrepreneur, decide to initiate court proceedings for compensation. The article describes a situation whereby the owners learn – the said court proceedings pending – that the entrepreneur holds the legal title to use their property, in particular – that he acquired by usucaption a limited material right in the form of an appropriate easement. The first part of the publication focuses on discussing the possibility of acquiring a transmission easement by usucaption (before the date of entry into force of the provisions of Articles 305¹ to 305⁴ of the Polish Civil Code, i.e. before 3 August 2008 a transmission easement was called an easement of the content of a transmission easement).