Dyball v. Lennox

Plaintiffs appeal as of right from an order granting defendant’s motion for summary disposition and dismissing plaintiffs’ claims. On appeal, plaintiffs argue that the trial court erred because defendant’s easement should be strictly construed as an easement for ingress and egress, and not for other activity. We reverse and remand.

The Crane family owned a section of the land abutting Lake Fenton. The easement in question was originally created in a September 1955 deed from Edith Crane to George Crane, which provided in relevant part, “The Easterly 16 feet of the above-described premises being…