Legal Opinion
City of Los Angeles v. Pacific Electric Railway Co.
California Court of Appeal
Decided February 26, 1959No. Civ. 23493PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAshburn, J.
This is a contest over the right to receive an award in eminent domain. The city of Los Angeles has condemned the fee of the subject parcel of land (known in this cause as Parcel 15-18) and defendants County of Los Angeles and Pacific Electric Railway Company each claim the award of $5,600.
By deed executed and recorded on September 6, 1886, Erastus H. Johnson and George W. Lang conveyed a 50-foot strip of land (the parcel now under consideration) to the Board of Supervisors of Los Angeles County “for road purposes,” and it was so used until formal vacation of the highway through proceedings…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- Rose v. State of CaliforniaCalifornia Supreme Court · 1942
- In Re WilliamsonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1954
- Gurnsey v. Northern California Power Co.California Supreme Court · 1911
- Stockton Savings & Loan Bank v. MassanetCalifornia Supreme Court · 1941
- People v. MoroneyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1944
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