Property Ownership

A Kentucky property owner grants an adjacent landowner an easement appurtenant to cross their land to reach a public road. The property that benefits from the easement is called the:

AServient estate
BDominant estate✓ Correct
CBurdened estate
DRestricted estate

Explanation

In an easement appurtenant, the property that benefits from the easement (has the right to use it) is called the dominant estate. The property that is burdened by the easement (over which the easement runs) is the servient estate.

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