Legal Opinion

McGuire v. Lawrence

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided April 1, 1988No. 86-1072PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MADDOX, Justice.

This appeal involves an easement and the right of the holder of the easement to require the owner of the servient estate to remove a TV satellite antenna (sometimes *381called a “dish”), that encroaches onto a 50-foot-wide strip of land subject to the easement.

Plaintiffs, Homer and Mary McGuire, sued Chuck and Mary Lawrence, claiming that the Lawrences trespassed when they erected the TV satellite antenna, which they contended prevented them from utilizing the rights granted to them under the terms of the original grant, i.e. “a free and uninterrupted means of ingress and egress”…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Thompson v. AndrewsSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1917
  2. Owens v. National SEC. of Alabama, Inc.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1984
  3. Brown v. Alabama Power CompanySupreme Court of Alabama · 1963
  4. Magna, Inc. v. CatranisSupreme Court of Alabama · 1987
  5. Loveman v. LaySupreme Court of Alabama · 1960

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Alabama Power Co. v. DrummondSupreme Court of Alabama · 1990
  2. Alabama Power Co. v. DrummondSupreme Court of Alabama · 1990

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