City of Beverly Hills v. Anger

THOMPSON (R. L.), J.

This is an appeal on the part of certain defendants from an interlocutory decree of condemnation of a strip of land consisting of thirty-two lots adjacent to the northerly border of Santa Monica Boulevard in the City of Beverlv Hills, to be used as a public park.

The appellants contend the awards are grossly inadequate to conpensate them for the values of the condemned properties, and that the court erred in the admission of evidence respecting the market value of these lots. The chief attack is directed toward the admission in evidence of a zoning ordinance which restricts…