People v. Superior Court

NOURSE (Paul), J. pro tem. *

Petitioner here is the plaintiff in an action by which it sought to condemn for highway purposes the title in fee simple to the upper 100 feet of an unimproved parcel of real property situate in the county of Los Angeles, which was the property of the Bank of America, real party in interest here.

By the answer filed to the petitioner’s complaint in the condemnation action, the only issues of fact joined were the value of the property sought to be taken and the severance damage caused by the taking. These issues were submitted to a jury, which by its verdict found…