People v. Ocean Shore Railroad, Inc.

OGDEN, J., pro tem.

This is an appeal from judgments of condemnation rendered by the court, sitting without a jury, in two actions consolidated for trial brought by respondent to acquire for highway purposes a strip of land running along the ocean coast in the county of San Mateo.

Appellant, as an individual and as trustee for others, was the owner of two of the parcels involved in the first of the actions brought and also owns the property adjacent thereto. on both sides. In this action respondent took immediate possession of the property and started construction of the highway. Thereafter, a…