City of Pasadena v. Superior Court

In August of 1924 the petitioner herein commenced an action in the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, in which it sought to condemn certain property in the city of Pasadena for the purpose of widening Marengo Avenue in that city. Thereafter, and on the first day of September, 1926, one of the defendants in the condemnation suit instituted an action against the city wherein she sought to enjoin it from proceeding with the condemnation of her land, or levying any assessment against her property for the improvement contemplated by the ordinance of intention, in pursuance of which the…