Hubbell v. City of Los Angeles

The city of Los Angeles has appealed from a judgment granting to respondents a peremptory writ of mandate invalidating a. purported annexation of certain territory designated as the " Howard Addition. ’ ’ The so-called Howard Addition includes an area known as “Johnson Rancho Territory No. 1,” purportedly annexed by the city of Inglewood under provision of the Uninhabited Territory Act of 1939 (Gov. Code, §§ 35300-35326). The basic question involved is as to which annexation proceeding is entitled to preference.

The record discloses that prior to April 10, 1953, all of the real property here…