Motion for Summary Judgment and/or Summary Adjudication
Motion for Summary Judgment and/or Summary Adjudication
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