Thibault Enterprises, LLC v. Yost

Syllabus

The plaintiff relies on an easement for ingress and egress to reach their home over a gravel road pursuant to an easement a specific width of 50 feet wide, over the land of the defendant-appellees. After the defendants placed some fencing, vines, and occasionally other objects, such as hay bales, within the width of the easement, the plaintiff brought the present action, and on this appeal the Court addresses whether the holder of an easement of a specific width is entitled to forbid the placement of any objects within the width of the easement, or whether the presence of such objects is subject to a reasonableness analysis based on the language of the deed and the underlying purpose of the easement. As explained in the present opinion, it is held that a rule of reasonableness applies. Accordingly, the judgment of the Court of Appeals is reversed, and judgment is entered for the appellant-plaintiff.