Workman v. Southern Pacific R.R. Co.
California Supreme Court
The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. W. E. Dunn, City, Attorney of Los Angeles, Walter F. Haas, Successor, T. E. Gibbon, and William J. Hunsaker, for Appellants. The railroad company exhausted its power by the original location of its road, under-the grant of the ordinance expressly reserving all the residue of the street for other uses.
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The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. W. E. Dunn, City, Attorney of Los Angeles, Walter F. Haas, Successor, T. E. Gibbon, and William J. Hunsaker, for Appellants. The railroad company exhausted its power by the original location of its road, under-the grant of the ordinance expressly reserving all the residue of the street for other uses. (Rush v. Jackson, 24 Cal. 308, 316; Welsh v. Plumas County, 94 Cal. 368; Pierce on Railroads, 254, and cases cited; Morris etc. R. R. Co. v. Central R. R. Co. etc., 31 N. J. L. 205; Moorehead v. Little Miami R. R. Co., 17 Ohio, 340-49.) Public…
1Opinion of the CourtHarrison, J.
In September, 1872, the city, of Los Angeles passed an ordinance granting to the Southern Pacific Railroad Company a right of way along Alameda street in said city in the following terms:
“The mayor and common council of the city of Los Angeles do ordain as follows:
“Section 1. That the right of way for the railroad track of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company in and out of the city of Los Angeles for the distance said company may wish to use the same be and the same is hereby granted to said company, its successors, and assigns, over and upon the street and its extension commonly called…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Ex parte LiddellCalifornia Supreme Court · 1892
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