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EVERGLADES PIPE LINE COMPANY, Appellant, v. Moraima TRUJILLO, Appellee.
    No. 88-239.
    District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
    Dec. 6, 1988.
    Byrd and Murphy, Fort Lauderdale, and Russ Murphy, for appellant.
    Stabinski & Funt, Miami, and Mark Goldman, for appellee.
    Before NESBITT and FERGUSON, JJ., and VANN, HAROLD R., Associate Judge.
   PER CURIAM.

We reverse the order granting summary judgment to appellee/defendant below. By its introduction of a written covenant expressly prohibiting building on its easement, appellant established that appellee’s construction of an addition to her home constituted an encroachment on the appellant’s right-of-way interest. Material questions of fact remain as to whether appel-lee’s construction unreasonably interferes with the appellant’s right-of-way interest as well as the extent of damages suffered by the appellant and the appropriate remedy. Upon remand, appellant should be offered leave to amend its pleadings to correct infirmities. Furthermore, appellee should be granted an opportunity to establish equitable defenses. Accordingly, the order denying relevant discovery is also reversed.

REVERSED AND REMANDED.