Groves v. City of Los Angeles

40 Cal.2d 751 (1953)

256 P.2d 309

RALPH H. GROVES, Respondent,

v.

CITY OF LOS ANGELES et al., Appellants.

Docket No. L.A. 22110.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

April 28, 1953.

Ray L. Chesebro, City Attorney, John L. Flynn, Assistant City Attorney, and W.L. Weber, Deputy City Attorney, for Appellants.

Latham & Watkins and Keene Watkins as Amici Curiae on behalf of Appellants.

G. Revelle Harrison and Thomas B. Sawyer for Respondent.

Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, and Harold B. Haas, Deputy Attorney General as Amici Curiae on behalf of Respondent.

CARTER, J.

Defendants, the City of Los Angeles,…