In Moran v. Sims, where the house Sims built was surrounded by land owned by Moran, and Sims sued for an easement for access to his house, the courts held that Sims had a prescriptive easement because he fulfilled which of the following conditions:
A) his use of the driveway was open, notorious and visible
B) his use of the driveway was hostile because there was no evidence of consent from the previous owners
C) he had a claim of ownership because he bought gravel for the driveway
D) his use of the driveway since 1985 had been open, notorious and visible
E) all of the other specific choices are correct

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The conditions for a prescriptive easement, as met by Sims, include the use being open, notorious, and visible, hostile (without consent), and continuous over a significant period. All the specific choices provided (A, B, D) describe these necessary conditions, making them collectively correct.

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