Couson v. Wilson

The plaintiff is the owner of a tract of land in Santa Cruz county bordering upon the county road leading from Watsonville to Santa Cruz, upon which there is a right of way appurtenant to an adjacent tract, of land known as the “Wilson Ranch,” and extending therefrom to the county road. For the purpose of enjoying this right of way, the owners of the Wilson ranch constructed a roadway about eighteen years ago across the plaintiff’s land, with several culverts therein, for the purpose of carrying below the road the surface water that would otherwise accumulate upon the upper or higher slopes…