Full question:
I had given an easement for a well but later found out that the party who was given the easement had been deeded it over to him as a lot line. Why, was it done this way and what is a lot line?
- Category: Real Property
- Subcategory: Easements
- Date:
- State: New York
Answer:
An easement gives one party the right to go onto another party's property. That property may be owned by a private person, a business entity, or a group of owners. Utilities often get easements that allow them to run pipes or phone lines beneath private property. A nonexclusive easement does not specify any specific parties. An exclusive easement specifies parties who;have benefit of that easement. Easements may be obtained for access to another property, called "access and egress", use of spring water, entry to make repairs on a fence and other uses.; The easement is a real property interest, but separate from the legal title of the owner of the underlying land.
A "boundary" is pretty much the same thing as a lot line and is the marking or dividing line between two parcels of land.
I do not know why the party had property deeded over to him in connection with the well. I can only speculate that there was some doubt as to your title to the land on which the well was located.
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