9.10 In Gross

• Library: Real Estate Practice Deskbook (2019 Ed.)

2. (§9.10) In Gross

"An easement in gross has no dominant tenement but instead benefits a specified person." Phelan v. Rosener, 511 S.W.3d 431, 438 (Mo. App. E.D. 2017) (citing Three-O-Three Invs. , Inc. v. Moffitt, 622 S.W.2d 736, 739 (Mo. App. W.D. 1981), and Engelhardt v. Gravens, 281 S.W. 715, 718 (Mo. 1926)). "The existence of a dominant tenement resolves any doubt as to whether an easement appurtenant or an easement in gross was intended, as an easement in gross has no dominant tenement."

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