Sampson v. Grooms

This is an appeal of a Yellowstone County District Court order enjoining the Grooms from preventing or interfering with Sampson’s right to use an easement for access to his property and for parking vehicles. We affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand with instructions to enter a permanent injunction consistent with this opinion.

Sampson and the Grooms are neighbors. The deed to Sampson’s land (tract “A”) includes an easement for a twelve-foot wide “private road” over property now owned by the Grooms (tract “B”). In 1979, Sampson erected a fence around his property that effectively…