Which easement is a personal right to use the land of another?

• A. Easement Appurtenant
• B. Express Easements
• C. Prescriptive Easement
• D. Easement In Gross

Answer: (D)

An easement is a non-possessory right to use someone else’s land for a specific purpose. There are two main kinds: appurtenant easements, which attach to and benefit a particular piece of land (the dominant parcel) and run with that land, and easements in gross, which benefit a person or entity rather than any parcel of land. The phrase “personal right to use the land of another” describes an easement in gross—the right belongs to the individual or organization, not to a property, and it does not transfer with ownership of a specific parcel. Express creation just means it’s created by agreement or deed and can be either in gross or appurtenant, but the key distinction here is that the benefit attaches to a person, not to land. In contrast, an easement appurtenant would stay with the land and benefit the owner of a neighboring parcel. A prescriptive easement arises from long-term use and can become attached to land, not specifically a personal right to use land. So the personal-use easement is an easement in gross.