Re: Easement-Fencing & gating of property

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Yes.

On 1/15/07, K.M. Koneman wrote:
> I own property that has a conveyance of easement that
> states the landowners of the servient estate have the
> right to the free and uniterrupted use of the easement.
> I'm in the process of installing a gate at the entrance to
> my property with firm consideration of the right to
> easement remaining in effect. Even though I am installing
> an automatic gate, remote controls, and keypads at both
> sides of the entrance, (all at my expense), my neighbors
> are threatening a law suit. Their argument is that since
> they have the right to free and uninterrupted use that I
> cannot install a gate. I do maintain that I have the right
> to fence and gate my property.
> Does the installation of a gate violate the terms of free
> and uninterrupted use of the easement?