Hinrichs v. Melton

*16 GILBERT, P.J.

*519 How does a landowner whose parcel is landlocked gain access to the property? In Linthicum v. Butterfield (2009) 175 Cal.App.4th 259 , 95 Cal.Rptr.3d 538 ( Linthicum ), we held that the trial court may grant the landowner an equitable easement over a neighboring property. In Linthicum , the party to whom an equitable easement was granted had been using a road on neighboring property for several decades. Here we hold, among other things, the court may grant an equitable easement without there being a preexisting use by the landowner seeking the easement.

Plaintiff, the owner of a…