Question

Easement Dispute. Sally buys a house from Bob that borders on a lake. Her deed gives her the most complete estate a person may have. She is in her bathing suit sunning one day when her neighbor, Fred, cuts through her yard. Sally tells him not to do that anymore. Fred informs her that he had previously purchased and properly recorded a right to cut across her yard to get lake access. Sally asks you what she should do to try to get rid of Fred because she doesn't like his cutting through her yard when she is sunning. What is the type of right that Fred is exercising by cutting through the yard called?

Answer 1

fee simple absolute estate

Step-by-step explanation:

Based on the scenario being described it can be said that the type of right that Fred is exercising is known as a fee simple absolute estate. This refers to a way that real estate can be owned, and is represented as the highest form of ownership interest that can be obtained in real estate property. Therefore Fred's is exercising that his right is of higher authorization than Sally's