City of Los Angeles v. Cole

28 Cal.2d 509 (1946)

CITY OF LOS ANGELES, Respondent,

v.

HENRIETTA HAWLEY COLE et al., Defendants; CONCEPCION CALDERON DE ACOSTA et al., Appellants.

L. A. No. 19575.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

June 27, 1946.

Burr & Smith and Philip Grey Smith for Appellants.

Harold W. Kennedy, County Counsel, and S. V. O. Prichard, Assistant County Counsel, and Gerald G. Kelly, Deputy County Counsel for Respondent.

SPENCE, J.

This is an action in eminent domain (Code Civ. Proc., 1237) instituted by the plaintiff city to acquire twelve parcels of land in the Los Angeles Civic Center area for a new alignment…