People Ex Rel. Department of Public Works v. City of Fresno

COUGHLIN, J.—

The issue for determination in this action was whether the owner of a determinable fee estate in a parcel of real property, which was part of a larger parcel conveyed for a limited use, and which subsequently was taken through eminent domain proceedings, or the owner of the reversionary interest in the property taken, was entitled to the compensation awarded for such taking. The trial court found in favor of the latter. The primary issues on appeal are threefold, viz., (1) whether the evidence sustains a finding that the determinable fee estate had terminated before the taking in…