E.B. ACKERMAN IMPORTING CO. v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES

Docket No. L.A. 27588.

61 Cal.2d 595 (1964)

394 P.2d 566

39 Cal. Rptr. 726

E.B. ACKERMAN IMPORTING COMPANY et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES, Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

August 11, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McCutchen, Black, Harnagel & Shea, Philip K. Verleger and Howard J. Privett for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Roger Arnebergh, City Attorney, Arthur W. Nordstrom, Assistant City Attorney, Walter C. Foster, Deputy City Attorney, Trippet, Yoakum & Ballantyne and F.B. Yoakum, Jr., for Defendant and Respondent.


PEEK, J.

Plaintiffs appeal from a summary judgment in favor of defendant City of Los Angeles in an action brought to recover for damage to plaintiffs' goods. The merchandise was stored in a transit shed located on a pier in Los Angeles Harbor, owned by the defendant city, and maintained by its harbor department.

Some of the plaintiffs' goods which had been placed in the shed were, on March 12, 1956, awaiting transfer...

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