Community Redevelopment Agency v. Matkin

Opinion

SONENSHINE, J.

Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Santa Ana (the City) appeals an order awarding litigation expenses to O. A. Matkin and Dorothy Matkin in the underlying condemnation action. The threshold issue is whether the Matkins, in failing to serve a demand for compensation 30 days before the originally scheduled trial date, forfeited their right to recover their litigation expenses pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 1250.410 14 1 . The City contends the court erred, as a matter of law, in finding the Matkins’ demand was timely. Alternatively, it assigns error…