M.F. Farming Co. v. Couch Distributing Co.

Opinion

ELIA, J.

This case concerns a conflict over the use of a parcel, “Parcel B,” owed by plaintiff M.F. Farming Co. (MF) but subject to an easement that plaintiff had granted to defendant Couch Distributing Company, Inc. (Couch Distributing), decades earlier along with two adjoining parcels, “Parcel A” and “Parcel C.” Parcel B is an approximately 60-foot-wide strip of land, which plaintiff MF retained, over which defendant Couch Distributing was granted “a nonexclusive right of way for ingress and egress and for all utility purposes.” Over the years, the distributing business of defendant…