City of Los Angeles v. Leavis
California Supreme Court
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, and from an order striking out a cost bill, and from an order denying a new trial. J. W. McKinley, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtHenshaw, J.
The city of Los Angeles brought suit to condemn land for a public street. Judgment passed for plaintiff, and from this judgment and from the order denying defendants’ motion for a new trial defendants appeal.
The city instituted its action under the provisions of part III, title VII, of the Code of Civil Procedure. Before the commencement of the suit it had not resorted to the steps and processes contemplated by the statute of March 6, 1889, relative to the laying out, opening, extending, widening, and straightening of public streets in municipalities. (Stats. 1889, p. 70.)
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