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Montecito Country Club, LLC v. Root

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Court of Appeal of CaliforniaMarch 6, 2026B341762California3,787 words

Opinion

Opinion

Cody, J.

Filed 3/6/

CERTIFIED FOR PARTIAL PUBLICATION*

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION SIX

MONTECITO COUNTRY 2d Civ. No. B341762 CLUB, LLC, (Super. Ct. No. 21CV02227) (Santa Barbara County) Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

KEVIN C. ROOT et al.

Defendants and Appellants.

Kevin and Jeannette Root appeal the judgment after a court trial quieting title to “an easement for cart path and greenskeeper truck purposes” along the southern part of their property. They contend the trial court erred by: (1) finding respondent Montecito Country Club, LLC did not abandon the easement when it rerouted the cart path in 2016; (2) granting respondent prescriptive rights to maintain a boundary hedge and accessory landscaping; and (3) enjoining the Roots from

* Pursuant to California Rules of Court, rules 8.1100 and

8.1110, this opinion is certified for partial publication. The portions of this opinion to be deleted from publication are identified as those portions between double brackets, e.g., [[/]] interfering with these rights and ordering them to remove improvements they made to the easement…

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