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                   PROPERTY 3D: SERVITUDES



                                   CHAPTER 1. DEFINITIONS

§ 1.1 Servitude Defined; Scope of Restatement

Idaho, 2019. Quot. in disc. Property owners brought a declaratory-judgment action against real-estate
investor and investor's successor in interest, alleging that a right-of-first-refusal provision to plaintiffs'
property, which was sold to investor through an addendum to a previous deed conveying a different
parcel of plaintiffs' property, could not be enforced against investor's heirs and successors, because the
right was personal to plaintiffs and investor, and not binding on the parties' successors. The trial court
granted plaintiffs' motion for declaratory judgment. This court vacated the trial court's ruling and
remanded,  holding that, while the right of first refusal was personal to the parties and nonassignable, the
right was not extinguished when investor attempted to assign it to successor. The court cited
Restatement Third of Property: Servitudes § 1.1 in explaining that the right of first refusal was not an
appurtenant servitude, because the right did not run with the land and was not binding on successors,
heirs, and assigns. Mulberry v. Burns Concrete, Inc., 435 P.3d 509, 513.

§ 1.2 Easement  and Profit Defined

Mass.App.2018.   Com.  (d) quot. in sup. Beach association sued property owners, seeking, among other
things, to enjoin defendants from interfering with its access to a footpath crossing defendants' property.
After a jury found that plaintiff had a prescriptive easement in the footpath, the trial court issued a post-
trial decision permitting defendants to erect an unlocked, hinged gate on the footpath at both side
boundaries of their property. Affirming, this court held, among other things, that the gate was not an
impermissible obstruction of the footpath, because plaintiff had not shown that the gate unreasonably
interfered with its right of passage over the footpath. The court pointed out that, under Restatement
Third of Property: Servitudes § 1.2, a servient estate owner retained the right to make all uses of the land
that did not unreasonably interfere with exercise of the rights granted by the servitude. Smaland Beach
Association, Inc. v. Genova, 112 N.E.3d 814, 824.

§ 1.5 Appurtenant,  In Gross, and Personal Defined

Idaho, 2019. Quot. in conc. op.; com. (a) quot. in conc. op. Property owners brought a declaratory-
judgment  action against real-estate investor and investor's successor in interest, alleging that a right-of-
first-refusal provision to plaintiffs' property, which was sold to investor through an addendum to a
previous deed conveying a different parcel of plaintiffs' property, could not be enforced against
investor's heirs and successors, because the right was personal to plaintiffs and investor, and not binding
on the parties' successors. The trial court granted plaintiffs' motion for declaratory judgment. This court
vacated the trial court's ruling and remanded, holding that, while the right of first refusal was personal to
the parties and nonassignable, the right was not extinguished when investor attempted to assign it to
successor. Citing Restatement Third of Property: Servitudes § 1.5, the concurring opinion explained the
differences between appurtenant servitudes, servitudes in gross, and personal servitudes, and observed


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