Larkey v. City of Los Angeles

This action was instituted to quiet title to lot 22 of block 21 of the Arlington Heights Tract, according to the official map of said tract of record in the office of the county recorder of the county of Los Angeles, and to a strip of land six feet in width and 142 feet in length, lying immediately north of and parallel to said lot 22. The defendant, the city of Los Angeles, concedes that plaintiff is the owner of said lot 22, but asserts that said six-foot strip is part of a public alley and that defendant has an easement in and over the same for highway purposes.

On. May 19, 1887, and for…