Wedbush v. Pacific Bell Telephone Co.
Trial court found the telephone company had a prescriptive easement over the plaintiffs' land. The trial court also found an electric utility company, which had been granted an easement over the plaintiffs' land, had not unlawfully expanded its easement when it permitted the telephone company to place telephone lines on its poles. Court disagrees in part and accordingly reverses in part. In particular, the court found that the telephone company did not establish the existence of a prescriptive easement. However, in permitting the telephone company to use its poles, the electric company did not unlawfully expand its easement.
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