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Motion for Summary Judgment and/or Summary Adjudication

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no right to block <strong>or</strong> otherwise obstruct the unimproved Road, <strong>and</strong> his action in doing so<br />

constitutes a breach of the 2___ Agreement; (e) that plaintiff is entitled to damages <strong>f<strong>or</strong></strong><br />

breach of the Agreement subject to proof; <strong>and</strong> (f) that plaintiff is entitled to att<strong>or</strong>ney fees<br />

incurred in en<strong>f<strong>or</strong></strong>cing the Agreement <strong>and</strong> the rights <strong>and</strong> obligations created thereby.<br />

2. On the second cause of action <strong>f<strong>or</strong></strong> specific per<strong>f<strong>or</strong></strong>mance:<br />

(a) that the 2___ Agreement created valid, binding, mutual easements in plaintiff’s<br />

fav<strong>or</strong> <strong>f<strong>or</strong></strong> pedestrian, equestrian <strong>and</strong> vehicular ingress <strong>and</strong> egress over defendant’s<br />

property; (b) that the rights <strong>and</strong> obligations under the 2___ Agreement were intended to<br />

<strong>and</strong> did run with the l<strong>and</strong>; (c) that defendant Johnson had both constructive <strong>and</strong> actual<br />

notice of the easements be<strong>f<strong>or</strong></strong>e he bought his property, <strong>and</strong> acc<strong>or</strong>dingly took the l<strong>and</strong><br />

subject to the burdens <strong>and</strong> obligations imposed by the 2___ Agreement; (d) that plaintiff<br />

is entitled to an <strong>or</strong>der granting specific per<strong>f<strong>or</strong></strong>mance of the 2___ Agreement, including an<br />

<strong>or</strong>der requiring defendant Johnson to remove the fence that has been installed across the<br />

Road <strong>and</strong> to refrain from blocking the Road <strong>or</strong> interfering with plaintiff’s use <strong>and</strong><br />

enjoyment of the easement in this <strong>or</strong> any other manner; <strong>and</strong> (e) that plaintiff is entitled to<br />

an <strong>or</strong>der granting specific per<strong>f<strong>or</strong></strong>mance of the 2___ Agreement, including an <strong>or</strong>der that<br />

defendant Johnson must maintain that p<strong>or</strong>tion of the Road that passes across his property,<br />

so that it remains unobstructed <strong>and</strong> passable at all times to pedestrian, <strong>and</strong> vehicular<br />

traffic.<br />

3. On the fourth cause of action <strong>f<strong>or</strong></strong> declarat<strong>or</strong>y relief:<br />

that plaintiff has a valid, en<strong>f<strong>or</strong></strong>ceable rec<strong>or</strong>ded reciprocal easement over<br />

defendant’s property that is appurtenant to <strong>and</strong> runs with the l<strong>and</strong>.<br />

CONCLUSION<br />

Plaintiff has shown that no triable issues of disputed material fact exist here. He<br />

has established by uncontroverted evidence the existence of a written reciprocal easement<br />

agreement in his fav<strong>or</strong>, duly filed <strong>and</strong> rec<strong>or</strong>ded in the official rec<strong>or</strong>ds of Redwood<br />

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NOTICE OF MOTION AND MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT OR SUMMARY ADJUDICATION;<br />

PLAINTIFF’S MEMORANDUM OF POINTS AND AUTHORITIES

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