Cox v. Glenbrook Co.

Glenbrook (plaintiff) granted Quill an easement "over the roads of [Glenbrook] as now located" for access to Quill's neighboring property, using a back road only wide enough for one car; after the property passed through successors to Cox (defendant), who proposed subdividing the land into a residential development and widening the back road to allow two cars to pass and to serve multiple future residents. Both parties sought a declaratory judgment on the easement's scope, and the trial court restricted the easement to single-family use of the back road as originally constructed.