Legal Opinion
Romero v. Department of Public Works
California Supreme Court
Decided January 30, 1941No. L. A. 16483PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtShenk, J.
The plaintiffs appealed from a judgment of dismissal entered on an order sustaining the defendants’ demurrer to the complaint.
The complaint shows the following:
In July, 1891, Bonifacio Marquez was the owner of land bounded on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the south by the city of Santa Monica. In that month he agreed to sell and convey to Pacific Improvement Company a strip of his land 200 feet in length and 100 feet wide, bordering on the ocean. The consideration for the grant was the sum of one dollar and the benefits to be derived by him from the construction and operation of a…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Southern Pacific Railroad v. San Francisco Savings UnionCalifornia Supreme Court · 1905
- Lyford v. LaconiaSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1909
- Parsons v. SmilieCalifornia Supreme Court · 1893
- Johnston v. City of Los AngelesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1917
- Papst v. HamiltonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1901
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3Cited by19 opinions
- People Ex Rel. Department of Public Works v. Schultz Co.California Court of Appeal · 1954
- State v. CooperSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1957
- Rosecrans v. Pacific Electric Railway Co.California Supreme Court · 1943
- People v. City of Los AngelesCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1960
- City of Santa Monica v. JonesCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1951
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