Legal Opinion
Scruby v. Vintage Grapevine, Inc.
California Court of Appeal
Decided August 8, 1995No. A066177PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
KING, J.
In this case we hold that a deed granting a nonexclusive easement of a specified width does not, as a matter of law, give the owner of the dominant tenement the right to use every portion of the easement. The trial court properly interpreted this easement to give the owner of the servient tenement the right to place improvements upon the easement as long as they do not unreasonably interfere with the right of the owner of the dominant tenement to ingress and egress.
John E. and Giovanna Scruby (Scruby) brought this action for declaratory and injunctive relief to resolve a…
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