Newcomb v. City of Newport Beach

Plaintiff brought this action against the City of Newport Beach to quiet her title to two lots within the bounds of said city. The court found that the lots were tidelands in Newport Bay. The" judgment provided that plaintiff was the owner in fee of said lots, “subject to an easement in favor of the public for right of navigation and fishery only, but without any right in the public or any public agency to make any physical changes or improvements therein or thereon without the exercise of eminent domain”. It further adjudged that defendant city had no right, title or interest in said land.

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