Legal Opinion
Mountain View Union High School District v. Ormonde
California Court of Appeal
Decided August 22, 1961No. Civ. 19404PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDraper, J.
An almost unbelievable accumulation of procedural snarls in this eminent domain proceeding has led to the present appeal by condemner from judgment awarding costs and attorneys’ fees to defendant eondemnee.
The action was commenced to condemn for school purposes some 50 acres of an 80-acre parcel owned by defendant. Two months later the school board adopted a supplementary resolution, reducing the proposed take to 40 acres, and revising accordingly the metes and bounds description. An “amend ment and supplement to complaint” was filed, setting forth the new resolution.
These resolutions,…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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3Cited by8 opinions
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