Cameron v. Barton
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
272 S.W.2d 40 (Ky. 1954)
A passway easement, originally granted for a slaughterhouse lot to move animals and products and later used to move farm machinery and crops as the land's use shifted to farming, eventually served land that the State Highway Department acquired and used for a highway garage; the appellant, who owned an adjoining lot benefiting from the same easement, sued to stop the Highway Department from using the passway for its garage operations, and the original deed defining the easement's exact scope had been lost, leaving only the appellant's deed describing the passway route. The Chancellor dismissed the suit.
Whether, absent language restricting an easement to its original purpose, an easement granted by conveyance may be used in any manner necessary for the proper and reasonable occupation and enjoyment of the dominant estate as that estate's use evolves.