McNAUGHTON PROPERTIES, LP v. Barr

OPINION BY DONOHUE, J.:

¶ 1 Appellants, The McNaughton Properties, LP, and MidPenn Estates (collectively “McNaughton”), appeal from the trial court’s order dated July 22, 2008 sustaining the preliminary objections of Ap-pellees, Terry N. Barr and Quinn K Barr (collectively, the “Barrs”). This case raises an issue of first impression in Pennsylvania: whether a court may order the relocation of an express easement. For the reasons that follow, we conclude that under existing Pennsylvania law, express easements must be construed according to contract interpretation principles, and thus we are…