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ABBOT KINNEY CO. v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES

Docket No. L.A. 25166.

53 Cal.2d 52 (1959)

346 P.2d 385

ABBOT KINNEY COMPANY (a Corporation) et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

November 17, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul R. Hutchinson and Davis & Davis for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

O'Melveny & Myers, Pierce Works and Robert B. Krueger as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Roger Arnebergh, City Attorney, Bourke Jones and Ralph J. Eubanks, Assistant City Attorneys, for Defendants and Appellants.

Stanley Mosk, Attorney General, Jay L. Shavelson and S. Clark Moore, Deputy Attorneys General, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Appellants.

SPENCE, J.

Plaintiffs brought this action to quiet title to certain property in Venice, and recovered judgment. Defendant's motion for a new trial was granted. Plaintiffs appeal from the order granting a new trial. Defendant appeals from the original judgment.

In 1904 four men — Abbot Kinney, A.R. Fraser, G.M. Jones, and H.R. Gage — owned most of the area along the shore of Santa Monica Bay. The four associates, seeking to promote and develop...

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