Legal Opinion
Van't Rood v. County of Santa Clara
California Court of Appeal
Decided November 20, 2003No. H023716PublishedCited by 67 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
WUNDERLICH, J.
In 1970, a landowner subdivided his property and sold portions of it to two adjoining neighbors. Nearly 30 years later, it came to light that the map filed in connection with the property division apparently merged each neighbor’s property holdings. That revelation prompted the affected neighbors to bring this proceeding to exclude their property from the subdivision. Following a three-day hearing, the trial court denied the petition for exclusion. One of the petitioners brought this appeal.
As we explain below, we conclude that the trial court should have granted the…
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