Gibson Properties Co. v. City of Oakland

The following statement of facts upon which this action is based is expressly approved by the appellants, and impliedly by the respondent. We, therefore, accept it as the true factual situation of the parties in this action.

This appeal was taken from a judgment for the defendant in an action at law for damages claimed because of changes in the design and construction of a building made in anticipation that street-opening proceedings, later abandoned, would be carried through to completion.

In March of 1926 the appellant Gibson Properties Company had acquired title to an irregularly shaped…