Glatts v. Henson

Prior to 1931, the defendants Chapman estate and Alfred Chapman, trustee, were the owners of a tract of land. Thereafter it became involved in the seven transactions hereinafter mentioned. First transaction. In that year the Chapmans conveyed to the city of Pasadena Parcel 1 of that tract. They also conveyed to the city a 25-foot easement for road and pipeline purposes over Parcels 4 and 5, the center line of which was the boundary line between those parcels. Second transaction. In 1937, the city deeded Parcel 1 to defendants, the Hensons, who now own it. Third transaction. In 1937, the Chapmans conveyed Parcel 2 to the Hensons and also an easement embracing the same area described in the first transaction. Fourth transaction. In 1938, the Chapmans conveyed to Riek and Knapp Parcel 3 and an easement embracing the same area described in the first transaction. In 1941, Riek and Knapp conveyed Parcel 3 and the easement to defendants, the Hensons. Fifth transaction. In 1938, the Chapmans conveyed Parcel 4 to plaintiffs Glatts "Reserving unto the grantor, its successors or assigns, an easement for road purposes, together with the right to dedicate the same to the public use over the easterly 30 feet of the herein described parcel of land." Inasmuch as 12 1/2 feet of the easement described in the first transaction covers the east 12 1/2 feet of Parcel 4, the easement reserved covered the same area to that extent. Sixth transaction. In 1932, the Chapmans conveyed