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. Gottlieb was entitled to take legal action against Baxter to have the boathouse removed.

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Granting a right of way typically allows the grantee (Baxter) to pass through the grantor's (Gottlieb's) property, but it does not permit the grantee to build permanent structures on it without the grantor's permission.

Gottlieb Owned a Cottage Lot Which Had Frontage on a Lake