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GRIFFITH v. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS

Docket No. 21629.

141 Cal.App.2d 376 (1956)

296 P.2d 838

VAN M. GRIFFITH, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS et al., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division One.

May 9, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Loren A. Butts for Appellant.

Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, Everett W. Mattoon and Walter S. Rountree, Assistant Attorneys General, John F. Hassler, Deputy Attorney General, Roger Arneberg, City Attorney (Los Angeles), Bourke Jones, Assistant City Attorney, Claude E. Hilker, Deputy City Attorney, Robert E. Reed, George C. Hadley, Ford Hendricks and Thomas M. Dankert for Respondents.

DORAN, J.

The plaintiff herein is not only a "resident, citizen and taxpayer of the City of Los Angeles," but, as alleged in the complaint, "is the son of GRIFFITH JENKINS GRIFFITH and MARY CHRISTINA GRIFFITH, both now deceased, and is the owner of a contingent remainder interest in and to" the Griffith Park real estate herein involved, which was given to the city by plaintiff's parents for park purposes.

[1a] The present action was instituted...

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