City of Los Angeles v. Dehail

Citations

• 97 Cal. 13
• 31 P. 626
• 1892 Cal. LEXIS 747

Syllabus

<p>City of Los Angeles—Widening of Street—Invalid Ordinance — Unauthorized Acts of Commissioners — Condemnation of Land. — The ordinance of the city of Los Angeles, adopted July 8, 1889, for the widening of First Street in that city, did not confer upon the city any jurisdiction to make the improvement contemplated thereby, or authorize the commissioners appointed thereunder to determine the amount of money which the owners of land to be taken should accept for its conveyance to the city, and the owners cannot be compelled to accept that amount or make a conveyance of their land; and the ordinance cannot be used as the basis of any action for condemnation of the land sought to be included in the improvement</p>