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GILLESPIE v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES

Docket No. L.A. 21405.

36 Cal.2d 553 (1950)

225 P.2d 522

OTTIE GILLESPIE et al., Respondents, v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES, Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

December 27, 1950.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ray L. Chesebro, City Attorney, Bourke Jones, Assistant City Attorney, Victor P. Spero, James A. Doherty and Leonard G. Husar, Deputy City Attorneys, for Appellant.

C.R. Montgomery and Robert E. Reed as Amici Curiae for Appellant.

Ben C. Cohen, Leo Shapiro and S.S. Hahn for Respondents.

TRAYNOR, J.

Route 156 is a state highway extending from Chatsworth to Topanga Beach in Los Angeles County. From Ventura Boulevard in the city of Sherman Oaks west to the Pacific Ocean for about 20 miles through Topanga Canyon, the highway, commonly known as Topanga Canyon Road, is a twisting paved mountain road varying in width from 20 to 24 feet, with 6 to 8-foot shoulders of rock and oil or decomposed granite. About .86 of a mile of Topanga Canyon Road lies within...

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