NORTHWESTERN PAC. R.R. CO. v. SUPERIOR CT.

Docket Nos. Sac. 6043, 6044.

34 Cal.2d 454 (1949)

211 P.2d 571

NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, Petitioner, v. SUPERIOR COURT OF HUMBOLDT COUNTY et al., Respondents; CITY OF EUREKA, Real Party in Interest.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

November 22, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Huber & Goodwin, Robert L. Pierce, R.S. Myers and E.J. Foulds for Petitioner.

Everett C. McKeage, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

Frank J. Thompson, City Attorney, and Arthur W. Hill, Jr., for Respondents.

Holloway Jones, Jack M. Howard, Joseph F. De Martini and Paul L. Porterfield, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Respondents.


EDMONDS, J.

Upon the filing of a condemnation suit to obtain land for the proposed extension of a street, the city of Eureka obtained an ex parte order allowing it to "take immediate possession of the real property ... and ... immediately remove all obstacles and structures from said land and construct a street thereon...." Following the denial of several motions to rescind or to vacate that order and the overruling of the railroad's demurrer to the complaint, this...

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