SACRAMENTO ETC. DRAINAGE DIST. v. JARVIS

Docket No. Sac. 7026.

51 Cal.2d 799 (1959)

336 P.2d 530

SACRAMENTO AND SAN JOAQUIN DRAINAGE DISTRICT, Respondent, v. PETER J. JARVIS et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

March 20, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter J. Jarvis and Beulah V. Jarvis, in pro. per., and Jesse E. Fluharty for Appellants.

Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, Raymond H. Williamson and Marcus Vanderlaan, Deputy Attorneys General, for Respondent.

Harold W. Kennedy, County Counsel (Los Angeles), A.R. Early, Deputy County Counsel, Roger Arnebergh, City Attorney (Los Angeles), Bourke Jones, Assistant City Attorney, Peyton H. Moore, Jr. and Weldon L. Weber, Deputy City Attorneys, Robert E. Reed, Holloway Jones, Norris J. Burke and Robert F. Carlson as Amici Curiae on behalf of Respondent.


McCOMB, J.

Defendants appeal from a judgment awarding them $1,500 for 1.062 acres of land in a condemnation action.

Facts: This case came on for trial on February 1, 1956, before the Honorable Gordon A. Fleury, Judge of the Superior Court of Sacramento County. The action was instituted by the Sacramento and San Joaquin Drainage District and concerned real property located in Sacramento County.

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