County of Los Angeles v. Carpenter

SCOTT (Robert H.), J. pro tem.

Defendants appeal from a judgment in a condemnation proceeding, asserting as the sole ground of appeal that the amount of the award is inadequate.

Four parcels of land are involved embracing 22 lots divided among the parcels with two lots in one parcel, and five, seven and eight respectively in the others. These lots made up a strip of level land 25 feet wide and 2,311 feet long, with a total area of about 1% acres. They were taken for street purposes.

The trial court awarded $110 for each parcel divided equally among the owners of the lots within the parcel.…