City of Los Angeles v. Morgan

HANSON, J. pro tem.

In this action by the city of Los Angeles to condemn a parcel of land, originally subdivided into 39 residential lots, the trial court ruled that respondent, Los Angeles Rock and Gravel Company, a limited partnership, was the absolute owner of the property, and hence entitled to the condemnation award, and that appellant Catherine A. McKenna had no right, title or interest in the property.

The trial court found that the respondent had a perfect title of record deraigned from its predecessor corporations, the initial one having acquired the property prior to 1923 from the…