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 grant of the right of way is an estate in land.

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The grant of a right of way is not an estate in land but rather an easement, which gives Baxter the right to use Gottlieb's land for a specific purpose (access to the lake) without transferring ownership of the property.

Gottlieb Owned a Cottage Lot Which Had Frontage on a Lake