HILL v. CITY OF MANHATTAN BEACH

Docket No. L.A. 29894.

6 Cal.3d 279 (1971)

491 P.2d 369

98 Cal. Rptr. 785

JOSEPHINE MANDL HILL, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. CITY OF MANHATTAN BEACH, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

December 13, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Carl K. Newton, City Attorney, Colin Lennard and Burke, Williams & Sorensen for Defendant and Appellant.

Dudley Gray for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

WRIGHT, C.J.

This action for declaratory relief was brought to test the applicability of zoning and lot-split ordinances of the defendant City of Manhattan Beach to certain land owned by plaintiff. The trial court held that the various ordinances could not constitutionally be applied to plaintiff's property located in defendant city, that defendant abused its discretion denying plaintiff a variance, and that plaintiff was...

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