C. M. PATTEN & CO. v. UNITED STATES

No. 6927.

61 F.2d 970 (1932)

C. M. PATTEN & CO. (WILDER, Intervener) v. UNITED STATES.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

November 28, 1932.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank P. Doherty and William R. Gallagher, both of Los Angeles, Cal., for appellants.

Samuel W. McNabb, U. S. Atty., and Sharpless Walker, Asst. U. S. Atty., both of Los Angeles, Cal.

Before WILBUR and SAWTELLE, Circuit Judges, and CAVANAH, District Judge.


CAVANAH, District Judge.

The United States seeks to appropriate, under the power of eminent domain, about four hundred feet of nineteen hundred and fifteen feet of the public plaza of the city of Los Angeles, as a site for a post office and custom house. The plaza, being a part of the Palos Verde Rancho, was dedicated to the public use in 1882. Numerous defendants, consisting of persons as heirs and successors of the owners of the rancho and parties who claimed an...

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