Court Cases
May 17, 2011
EASEMENTS
The Main Street Plaza v. Cartwright & Main, LLC (PDF)
Plaintiff sought to establish a prescriptive easement for parking and access. The trial court granted a motion for summary judgment against plaintiff because it had not paid taxes on the easement. The appellate court reversed because, while payment of property taxes is an element of a cause of action for adverse possession, payment of taxes is not necessary for an easement by prescription, unless the easement has been separately assessed. A railway easement over the same area was separately assessed, but that is irrelevant because the railway easement and the prescriptive easement were not coextensive in use.
Cal.App. 4th Dist., Div. 3 (G043569) 4/27/11
