Spinks v. City of Los Angeles

The legal question presented by this appeal is: May a municipality, which is the owner in fee of land acquired without restrictions, and set aside for park purposes, devote a portion of the land to public use as a street? Certain findings of the trial court, relating to an opposition to such action by taxpayers and abutting property owners affected by the proposed change of use, have no bearing on the issue presented in this ease for our consideration, and may be disregarded in this discussion.

The city of Los Angeles, as the successor of the Mexican pueblo of the same name, is the owner in…