Agricultural Ditch & Reservoir Co. v. Gleason

BERMAN, Judge.

Plaintiff, Agricultural Ditch and Reservoir Company, commenced this action against defendants in order to quiet title to certain property. Plaintiff company asserts that it acquired in “limited fee,” through an 1876 condemnation proceeding, a piece of land (Parcel A) 40 feet wide, consisting of two strips 20 feet wide along each side of the centerline of a ditch. Plaintiff also claims a prescriptive easement on an additional strip of land (Parcel B), running adjacent to and abutting Parcel A for an additional 5 to 10 feet, 1 which land plaintiff has regularly used as an access…