Laux
Laux v. Freed
Opinion
Opinion
This is an appeal by defendants from only that portion of a judgment which purports to alter the terms of, and place limits on the use of a right of way granted by, a deed to them from plaintiffs, and which enjoins use of the right of way other than as limited by the judgment. We have concluded that the trial court's judgment results in varying the terms of the written grant, rather than merely interpreting it, and is without support in the record, and that the portion of the judgment appealed from should therefore be reversed. For convenience, plaintiff husband and defendant husband will hereinafter sometimes be referred to as plaintiff and defendant, respectively.
In August, 1947, plaintiff and defendant acquired as partners certain range land in Colusa County, California.plaintiff testified that during the deer hunting seasons of 1947 through 1951, the parties and their invitees and guests hunted deer upon the range land. For the season of 1949 or 1950 they leased out the deer hunting rights, such leasing being referred to as "commercial hunting"; plaintiff and defendant, however, reserved the right to also hunt on the property with their own guests.plaintiff did…