In an easement, which party benefits from the easement?

• A. Servient tenement
• B. Dominant tenement
• C. Lienholder
• D. Grantor

Answer: (B)

An easement grants a non-possessory right to use someone else’s land for a specific purpose. When the easement is appurtenant, there are two parcels involved: the dominant tenement, which is the property that benefits from the easement, and the servient tenement, which bears the burden of allowing the use. The owner of the dominant tenement benefits because they can exercise the right across the servient property without owning it. The servient landowner is burdened and must permit the use. A lienholder holds a security interest, not a use right, and the grantor is the party who creates or conveys the easement, not the beneficiary. So the party that benefits from the easement is the owner of the dominant tenement.