Vieira Enterprises, Inc. v. McCoy

Opinion

RUSHING, P. J.—

I. Introduction

This appeal primarily involves the claimed termination of a neighbor’s recorded right-of-way in a private road by adverse possession and an award of $20,000 damages against the claimant for impeding the neighbor’s access to his own half of the road. This common factual scenario presents occasions to clarify and refine several points of law.

In October 1996, Vieira Enterprises, Inc., 1 acquired a mobilehome park (often the park) in the City of Capitola. According to the grant deed, part of the true western boundary of the park was the center line of Rosedale…