Vogt v. Woody

ADAMS, Special Judge.

Plaintiffs-appellants, servient tract owners, seek to enjoin defendants-respondents, dominant tract owners, from obstructing or interfering with the use, or increasing the servitude, of the easement hereinafter mentioned.

The parties are owners of adjoining tracts of land along the Meramec River in Franklin County, Missouri, near its intersection with Missouri State Highway No. 30. They are competitors in the business of renting cottages and selling fishing privileges.

When defendants purchased their tract in 1927 from the common owner of both tracts a 30-foot private…