Legal Opinion
O'Shea v. Claude C. Wood Co.
California Court of Appeal
Decided October 22, 1979No. Civ. 17356PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
REYNOSO, J.
We are called upon to interpret provisions of Civil Code section 846, which generally protects landowners from liability for injuries to recreational users of their land.1 Specifically, the principal *907issue we face is this. Does an “estate in real property” within the meaning of that code section, include the temporary use of a stock pile area and the dirt piled upon it? The facts we outline below, convince us the owner of the dirt was a licensee who did not own an estate in real property. That conclusion, and the related procedural matters we discuss, causes us to reverse…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Rowland v. ChristianCalifornia Supreme Court · 1968
- Palmquist v. MercerCalifornia Supreme Court · 1954
- Beckett v. City of Paris Dry Goods Co.California Supreme Court · 1939
- English v. Marin Municipal Water DistrictCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1977
- Lostritto v. Southern Pacific Transportation Co.California Court of Appeal · 1977
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3Cited by38 opinions
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- Golden West Baseball Co. v. City of AnaheimCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1994
- Thomas Robert Simpson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1981
- FSR Brokerage, Inc. v. Superior CourtCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1995
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