AYRES v. CITY COUNCIL OF LOS ANGELES

Docket No. L.A. 20673.

34 Cal.2d 31 (1949)

207 P.2d 1

DONALD B. AYRES, Appellant, v. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, Respondent.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

June 14, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howlett & Elson, Musick, Burrell & Ingebretsen and Eugene M. Elson for Appellant.

Ray L. Chesebro, City Attorney, Bourke Jones, Assistant City Attorney, and Lester L. Lev, Deputy City Attorney, for Respondent.


SHENK, J.

This appeal is by the petitioner from a judgment denying relief in a mandamus proceeding brought to compel the respondent city council to approve a proposed subdivision map without certain imposed conditions.

A tentative map for the subdivision of 13 acres owned by the petitioner in what is commonly known as the Westchester District in the city of Los Angeles was submitted in October, 1944, to the city planning...

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