People v. City of Los Angeles

The state, through the Department of Public Works, sued the city of Los Angeles, Van M. Griffith, and others to condemn their interests in certain lands known as Griffith Park for the construction of a state highway. After a trial without a jury, judgment was entered condemning the land to plaintiff, awarding the city the sum of $3,750,000 and denying defendant Griffith compensation. He alone appeals from the judgment. The within litigation arose out of the state’s condemnation of approximately 200 acres of land within Griffith Park maintained by the city of Los Angeles for the construction…