Opinion ID: 2513925
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Extent of the Rights

Text: Having found that the landowners have implied profits in the Taylor Ranch, we now must address the scope of those rights. We imply the rights memorialized in the Beaubien Document. We do so for four reasons. First, the document is the strongest evidence we have of the parties' intentions and expectations. Second, the rights in the document were likely the most necessary. Third, the Fort Massachusetts lease lists these same rights. Fourth, the document is the only evidence we have of an attempted express grant. This is particularly important for the prescriptive easement claim. See Restatement, supra, § 2.16 cmt. a. [15] Accordingly, we hold that the landowners have implied rights in Taylor's land for the access detailed in the Beaubien Documentpasture, firewood, and timber. These easements should be limited to reasonable usethe grazing access is limited to a reasonable number of livestock given the size of the vara strips; the firewood limited to that needed for each residence; and the timber limited to that needed to construct and maintain residence and farm buildings located on the vara strips.