Zobelein Co. v. City of Los Angeles

SCOTT, J., pro tem.

Plaintiff owned a tract of land fronting on Flower, Thirty-eighth and Hope Streets in the City of Los Angeles, at a point where Flower merges with Figueroa Street. A pedestrian subway tunnel was built by defendant city from a point in front of plaintiff’s land on Flower Street across Figueroa Street (a 100-foot boulevard) so as to afford safe and readier access to the' Exposition Park and Olympic Stadium on the other side. The approach to the subway is an open cut and stairway 18 feet long paralleling the street at a distance of 7 feet, partly surrounded by an iron rail 2…