Edward F. Grady, Iii v. the Narragansett Electric Company D/b/a National Grid

Summary

The Court affirmed the judgment denying declaratory relief because the recorded easement expressly extended to the grantee's successors and assigns, and the plaintiff had actual notice of the easement before purchasing the property. The Court also held that the easement covered the full sixty-six-foot corridor, had not been abandoned, and would be unreasonably interfered with by the proposed car wash. The Court declined to decide whether commercial utility easements in gross are generally assignable because the deed's express language resolved the issue.