Gottlieb owned a cottage lot which had frontage on a lake. He later granted a 30-metre wide right of way to Baxter, who had a lot behind his, to enable Baxter to reach the lakeshore to launch his power boat. The next year, Baxter built a boathouse on the 30-metre strip in which to store his boat during the winter months. When Gottlieb discovered the boat house a few months later, he hired a bulldozer, and pushed the boathouse off the land, and into the lake. The lot owned by Gottlieb is the servient tenement.

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The lot owned by Gottlieb is considered the servient tenement because it is burdened by the easement (right of way) granted to Baxter, making Baxter's lot the dominant tenement as it benefits from the easement.

Gottlieb Owned a Cottage Lot Which Had Frontage on a Lake