The extent of a servitude is determined by the terms of the grant, or the nature of the enjoyment by which it was acquired.
Cal. Civ. Code § 806
Servitudes
Applied in 58 court decisions — leading case Continental Baking Co. v. Katz (1968)
Most recently applied in Cedar Point Nursery v. Genevieve Shiroma (April 2020)
Enacted 1872.
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.