Rice

Defendant appeals from a judgment quieting title to a limited easement for ingress and egress, and awarding compensatory damages for wrongful interference with the easement.

Plaintiffs, husband and wife, owned two lots at the southwest corner of West Capitol Avenue and Sycamore Street in West Sacramento. In March 1961 they constructed a service station on the corner lot. Because the lot was not wide enough to permit free access for motor vehicles from West Capitol Avenue, plaintiffs constructed a triangular driveway or *692 entrance to the service station over a corner of the adjoining lot. The base of the right-angled triangle bordered West Capitol Avenue and was 55 feet wide; the side extended 80 feet along the boundary between the two lots. The street side was improved with a gutter and sidewalk; the rest of the driveway was blacktopped. Approximately 90 percent of plaintiffs’ business is with vehicles entering the service station from West Capitol Avenue.

To construct the service station, plaintiffs obtained a $40,000 loan from Croeker-Anglo National Bank that was evidenced by a promissory note secured by a deed of trust to the corner lot. The bank required that the deed of…