Western Massachusetts Electric Co. v. Sambo's of Massachusetts, Inc.

The questions before us relate to the right of the holder of an easement for electric transmission lines to enjoin the installation of a parking lot and the laying of underground utilities on the land subject to the easement (servient land) and also the right of such easement holder to enjoin construction of a building within fifty feet of the boundaries of the easement. The trial judge dismissed the complaint of the easement holder. We reverse.

The easement was granted to the plaintiff’s predecessor in 1926 and, as set out in the margin,1 gave the grantee the right to erect and maintain two…