Legal Opinion
Hiller v. City of Los Angeles
California Court of Appeal
Decided December 6, 1961No. Civ. 25522PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtFox, P. J.
This is an appeal from a judgment declaring invalid a contract between the City of Los Angeles and a nonprofit corporation called “Friends of the Los Angeles Zoo.” Also declared invalid was an ordinance authorizing and approving the contract. The ground of decision was that the city has no power to enter into such an agreement.
Plaintiffs brought this action in their capacity as taxpayers of the City of Los Angeles. By the terms of the contract which they seek to have declared invalid, an agreement entitled “Lease of Concession 1 between the City of Los Angeles and the Friends of the Los…
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