REI Wealth Monthly Issue 07 | Page 71
PRESCRIPTIVE EASEMENTS IN CALIFORNIA LOU SEGRETI, MIKE WHITTON AND ANDY PULS
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Restatement (Third) of Property: Servitudes § 2.17cmt. c (2000).
2
Warsaw v. Chicago Metallic Ceilings, Inc. (1984) 35 Cal.3d 564, 570-72; Felgenhauer v. Soni (2004) 121 Cal.App.4th 445, 449-50.
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Weideman v. Staheli(1948)88 Cal.App.2d 613, 616 [occasional use sufficient]; Harrison v. Bouris (1956) 139 Cal.App.2d 170, 173 [used no less than 10 times
per year].
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Twin Peaks Land Co. v. Briggs(1982) 130 Cal.App.3d 587, 592.
5
Connolly v. McDermott (1984), 162 Cal.App.3d 973, 977; see also Hails v. Martz(1946)28 Cal.2d 775,778.
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Aaron v. Dunham (2006) 137 Cal.App.4th 1244, 1249 [‘adverse use’ means only that owner has not expressly consented to use]; Felgenhauer v. Soni (2004)
121 Cal.App.4th 445, 447 [claim of right simply means that property was used without permission of landowner; claimant need not believe he or she is legally
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