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PEOPLE v. THOMPSON

Docket No. L.A. 22992.

43 Cal.2d 13 (1954)

271 P.2d 507

THE PEOPLE, Appellant, v. RALPH W. THOMPSON et al., Defendants; ALBERT E. METCALF et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

June 11, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Reed, George C. Hadley, Herbert J. Williams, Albert J. Day, R.B. Pegram and John N. McLaurin for Appellant.

Harold W. Kennedy, County Counsel (Los Angeles), John B. Anson, Deputy County Counsel, Landels & Weigel, Edward D. Landels, Stanley A. Weigel and Emil M. Ripley as Amici Curiae on behalf of Appellant.

Holbrook, Tarr & O'Neill and Leslie R. Tarr for Respondents.

SCHAUER, J.

This is an eminent domain proceeding to condemn for freeway purposes approximately 17 (possibly 23) acres1 of land (designated in the complaint and herein as Parcel 2A) out of a 100-acre tract owned by defendants. The trial court ruled that by the taking of Parcel 2A defendants became entitled not only to the value of that parcel but also to severance damages, if any, to their remaining property. A jury found that the value...

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