Herzog v. Grosso

This action presents a controversy between owners of a private road and easement and the owners of the servient tenement. The following diagram, not drawn to scale, shows the relationship of the road and easement to the parcels of land involved.

Mrs. Mildred Schneider originally owned the land bounded by Blair Drive, Hollywood Freeway, the Rosin property, and the Universal Pictures property. The land is hilly with the crest of the hill at the center. Plaintiffs Leonard and Alma Herzog purchased parcel 1 in 1944 and built a home thereon. At that time the only access to a public road from parcel…