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. Baxter was not entitled to build a boathouse on the right of way.

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A right of way typically grants the holder a right to pass through the land of another, not to build structures on it unless specifically mentioned in the agreement.

Gottlieb Owned a Cottage Lot Which Had Frontage on a Lake