{"id":1020,"date":"2013-12-30T05:09:19","date_gmt":"2013-12-30T11:09:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agrilife.org\/texasaglaw\/?p=1020"},"modified":"2026-04-17T15:35:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T20:35:13","slug":"beaumont-court-of-appeals-orders-landowner-to-tear-down-gate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/texasaglaw\/2013\/12\/30\/beaumont-court-of-appeals-orders-landowner-to-tear-down-gate\/","title":{"rendered":"Beaumont Court of Appeals Orders Landowner to Tear Down Gate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\">**This article is not a substitute for the advice of an attorney.**<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Two weeks ago, the\u00a0Beaumont Court of Appeals issued a decision in\u00a0<em>Emmons v. Badanfriouz, <\/em>a\u00a0case involving a dispute between neighbors about whether a gate\u00a0could be\u00a0erected by one neighbor across an easement.\u00a0 This case provides insight for anyone entering into an express roadway easement as to key language that should be considered with regard to whether a gate may be built across the proposed easement.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Background<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>An express easement was granted by the Emmons&#8217; predecessors in interest\u00a0to the Bandafriouz&#8217; predecessors in interest\u00a0in 1978, which provided for <em>&#8220;the non-exclusive free and uninterrupted use, liberty and privilege of passage at all time for ingress and egress, both pedestrian and vehicular, together with the right to install and maintain water, power, telephone and other utilities, in, along, upon and across that certain tract or parcel of land<\/em>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The current landowners, the Emmons family,\u00a0built a gate across the easement.\u00a0 This caused a dispute between the Emmons family\u00a0and the Bandafriouz family that owns the easement.\u00a0 The\u00a0Bandafriouz family filed suit against the Emmons, alleging that the gate violated the express easement&#8217;s grant of &#8220;free and uninterrupted use, liberty and privilege of passage at all time for ingress and egress&#8221; and seeking that the court require the gate to be torn down.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/agrilife.org\/texasaglaw\/files\/2013\/09\/39658_1519412219046_6706225_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-527 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/agrilife.org\/texasaglaw\/files\/2013\/09\/39658_1519412219046_6706225_n-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"39658_1519412219046_6706225_n\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/texasaglaw\/files\/2013\/09\/39658_1519412219046_6706225_n-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/agrilife.org\/texasaglaw\/files\/2013\/09\/39658_1519412219046_6706225_n.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>General Law<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>An express easement is governed by the principles of contract law.\u00a0 This means that the court first determined whether the wording of an agreement was ambiguous.\u00a0 If the language is not ambiguous, then the court simply determines the parties&#8217; intent expressed in the document as a matter of law.\u00a0 Only if the document is found ambiguous will the court consider other &#8220;extrinsic&#8221; evidence beyond the four corners of the document.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The Decision<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The trial court held that the easement language requiring &#8220;non-exclusive free and uninterrupted&#8221; passage prohibits the construction or maintenance of fences or gates across the easement.\u00a0 The Beaumont Court of Appeals affirmed.<\/p>\n<p>In its opinion, the\u00a0Court of Appeals found that the express easement language was unambiguous.\u00a0 &#8220;The easement language here does not merely grant rights for ingress and egress to the dominate estate but also specifically provides for the &#8216;nonexclusive free and uninterrupted use&#8217; of the easement.\u00a0 The term &#8216;free&#8217; includes the meaning &#8216;not obstructed or impeded&#8230;.&#8217;\u00a0 The term &#8216;uninterrupted&#8217; means &#8216;continuous&#8217; which means &#8216;stretching on without break&#8230;.&#8217;\u00a0 From the easement&#8217;s language, it is clear that he grantors of the easement intended an unobstructed access.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In reaching this decision, the Court of Appeals distinguished a prior case from the First Court of Appeals, <em>Barrow v. Pickett<\/em>.\u00a0 In that case, an express easement provided for &#8220;a perpetual, non-exclusive easement for pedestrian and vehicular ingress, egress, and access on, over, and across the Easement Tract.&#8221;\u00a0 The First Court of Appeals found that Mr. Barrow was permitted to construct a gate on the property because the easement did not grant Mr. Pickett the right to use the property &#8220;free and uninterrupted by gates&#8221; but only the right to &#8220;ingress and egress.&#8221;\u00a0 The <em>Barrow<\/em> court refused to read additional language into the easement that the parties failed to include.<\/p>\n<p>In comparing the instant case and the <em>Barrow<\/em> case, the Court of Appeals pointed out that the language missing from <em>Barrow<\/em>, the right to &#8220;nonexclusive free and uninterrupted use&#8221;, was present in the express easement in this case.\u00a0 Thus, the outcome was different.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Take Home Lesson<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">This case offers an important point for persons entering into an express easement agreement.\u00a0 The language of the grant will\u00a0likely control whether a gate or fence may be erected across the easement.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">If the person granting an easement wants the right to build a gate across the easement, he or she must ensure that the language of the express easement matches that from <em>Barrow<\/em> and does not include the grant of &#8220;uninterrupted&#8221; and &#8220;free&#8221; access.\u00a0 If, on the other hand, a person seeking an easement wants to ensure that no one will be permitted to build a gate across the easement, he or she must ensure that the &#8220;uninterrupted&#8221; and &#8220;free&#8221; language are included.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">These cases are a great example of the difference that just a couple of words can make in an agreement.\u00a0 It is critical to ensure that the language used to describe the type of express easement being granted be precise and accurate so that the parties&#8217; intent will be adequately protected.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>**This article is not a substitute for the advice of an attorney.** Two weeks ago, the\u00a0Beaumont Court of Appeals issued a decision in\u00a0Emmons v. 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