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An easement providing the grantee with access, ingress, and egress to vehicles and pedestrians over a ten-foot wide strip of property is sufficiently definite so as not to be limited to its historic limited use, but rather may be used in any reasonable manner, including for future developments that may increase use of the easement without unduly burdening it. Read More
Homeowners association could not invoke the Davis-Stirling Act to pursue claims in its own name without joining its individual owners since that Act only applies if the homeowners have mutual or reciprocal easements appurtenant to their separate interests (which was not true in this case). Read More
Homeowners association could not invoke the Davis-Stirling Act to pursue claims in its own name without joining its individual owners since that Act only applies if the homeowners have mutual or reciprocal easements appurtenant to their separate interests (which was not true in this case). Read More
Plaintiff is not entitled to an equitable easement over a disputed area of an adjoining property owner's land because plaintiff was negligent in planting the disputed area with a permanent crop (pistachio trees) while being aware of a boundary dispute but failing to investigate it. Read More
