Cooke v. Ramponi

Defendants appeal from a judgment decreeing plaintiffs’ ownership of an easement over defendants’ land and enjoining defendants from interfering in any manner with plaintiffs’ use and enjoyment thereof. The propriety of this judgment is not open to dispute upon the application of equitable principles.

In 1937 plaintiffs purchased approximately 160 acres of land in Sonoma County from one Herbert Tracy. The only usable roadway permitting access to plaintiffs’ property from a public highway, the Lovell Valley Road, was a dirt and gravel road which crossed adjoining property then owned by the…