PEOPLE v. DUNN

Docket No. L.A. 23936.

46 Cal.2d 639 (1956)

297 P.2d 964

THE PEOPLE ex rel. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS, Respondent, v. A.M. DUNN et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

June 6, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Moore and George A. Westover for Appellants.

George C. Hadley, R.B. Pegram, Herbert J. Williams, Albert J. Day and Joseph A. Montoya for Respondent.


GIBSON, C.J.

Defendant owners have appealed from a judgment condemning two parcels of land for highway purposes. Parcel 1 consisted of several lots at the end of an unimproved block owned by defendants, and Parcel 2 consisted of two lots separated from Parcel 1 by an intervening street. The owners commenced construction of a garage on Parcel 2 about August 1, 1953, and assertedly spent some $12,000 on the building prior to commencement of this action. On August 19...

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