Can Right of the Way Easement be Limited in Distance?
What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? I'm in Pennsylvania.
Recently purchase a property, 30 acres. In the middle, I mean, really in the middle, of my property is 2 acres parcel of land with a house. The owner is a foreigner, who bought this place about 5 years ago, left and never visited since. I believe the lady currently staying there is a looter. She is a crazy women, doesn't have a car, lives there for free, and doesn't pay anything and giving me a lot problems. The house is on tax sale, but got take off the listing last minute. She doesn't have a garbage cleaning service, and just pile them up at the back of woods.
Anyway, the lady stays there has to use my drive way to get to the house. The drive way is about 220 feet long across my property to get to her driveway. When I recently read the deed for that land, it only specified 113 feet.
See quote from deed below
" There is also granted to the grantees herein, their heirs and assigns, in common with the grantors, their heirs and assigns, over and across an existing driveway which passes through remaining lands of grantors being approximately twelve (12) feet in width and extending in a northeasterly direction to a point approximately one hundred thirteen (113) feet north of the northerly side of a private road leading from lands of the grantors herein to Pennsylvania highway #390, at which point said driveway extends in a northwesterly direction to the tract being conveyed herein. "
So, the 1st question is, is there a limit in distance of the right of way easement? The driveway she uses to get to the house is 220 feet, the deed says 113 feet, can I re-purpose/block the remaining 100 feet of driveway?
2nd question, since the owner is completely out of the country since the purchase. The lady who stays there doesn't have legal right to be there. If I re-purpose the driveway, does she has legal authority to bring a law suit against me, or the owner has to do that.
See area picture attached
[url]https://drive.google.com/open?id=1nAUCIeMdu0HCbJO-2Z8TN8BiEllZSrE5 [/url]
What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? I'm in Pennsylvania.
Recently purchase a property, 30 acres. In the middle, I mean, really in the middle, of my property is 2 acres parcel of land with a house. The owner is a foreigner, who bought this place about 5 years ago, left and never visited since. I believe the lady currently staying there is a looter. She is a crazy women, doesn't have a car, lives there for free, and doesn't pay anything and giving me a lot problems. The house is on tax sale, but got take off the listing last minute. She doesn't have a garbage cleaning service, and just pile them up at the back of woods.
Anyway, the lady stays there has to use my drive way to get to the house. The drive way is about 220 feet long across my property to get to her driveway. When I recently read the deed for that land, it only specified 113 feet.
See quote from deed below
" There is also granted to the grantees herein, their heirs and assigns, in common with the grantors, their heirs and assigns, over and across an existing driveway which passes through remaining lands of grantors being approximately twelve (12) feet in width and extending in a northeasterly direction to a point approximately one hundred thirteen (113) feet north of the northerly side of a private road leading from lands of the grantors herein to Pennsylvania highway #390, at which point said driveway extends in a northwesterly direction to the tract being conveyed herein. "
So, the 1st question is, is there a limit in distance of the right of way easement? The driveway she uses to get to the house is 220 feet, the deed says 113 feet, can I re-purpose/block the remaining 100 feet of driveway?
2nd question, since the owner is completely out of the country since the purchase. The lady who stays there doesn't have legal right to be there. If I re-purpose the driveway, does she has legal authority to bring a law suit against me, or the owner has to do that.
See area picture attached
[url]https://drive.google.com/open?id=1nAUCIeMdu0HCbJO-2Z8TN8BiEllZSrE5 [/url]
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