Ocean Park Pier Amusement Corp. v. City of Santa Monica

An appeal by plaintiff and cross-defendant from certain portions of a judgment decreeing defendant and cross-complainant to be entitled to 2 per cent of the gross annual receipts derived from plaintiff’s use, operation and possession of a franchise, and the rights and privileges thereof, as described in an ordinance of the City of Santa Monica.

It appears that the ordinance granting plaintiff’s predecessor Venice Investment Company, a corporation, a franchise for the maintenance and operation of a wharf or pier, included therein a description of tide lands owned by the City of Santa Monica as…