Re: Easement-Fencing & gating of property

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On 1/16/07, Curmudgeon wrote:
> 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?