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FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS

In 1984, defendant bought her home at 512 Coloma Way in Sacramento. The house faces easterly, as shown in the diagram attached as Appendix A. In 2007, plaintiffs purchased the corner lot north of defendant’s property from previous owners Grove and Dora Arnold. Plaintiffs’ garage and driveway face Coloma Way, but their house faces north on Pala Way. The disputed strip of land is 3.66 feet wide and 50 feet long. It lies alongside the plaintiffs’ driveway, garage, and a 52-inch-long grapestake fence that extends from the back of plaintiffs’ garage to the Pala Way property of neighbor and nonparty Eric Holst. Defendant’s deep lot borders the properties of both plaintiffs and Holst. A utility pole marks the back end of the disputed strip. In 1986, defendant replaced old fencing between her property and Holst’s property with new redwood fencing that stops at the utility pole. From there, a grapestake fence ran north about three and a half feet, then bent 90 degrees to the east and ran 52 inches before ending at plaintiffs’ garage. She did not replace the grapestake fencing because she assumed it belonged to the Arnolds. Defendant also maintains an…