City of Los Angeles v. City of Huntington Park

Two actions were instituted by plaintiffs City of Los Angeles and the Board of Water and Power Commissioners of that city. In one of said actions the City of Huntington Park was the defendant and in the other, the City of South Gate was the defendant. The plaintiffs sought by said actions to have the court determine the terms and conditions under which they might exercise the right, claimed by them under Statutes 1923, chapter 76, to erect and maintain electric power transmission lines through the defendant cities. The two actions were consolidated for trial and resulted in a judgment in favor of the plaintiffs affirming the right claimed by plaintiffs and imposing various terms and conditions upon the exercise of said right. Two separate appeals were taken from said judgment. Defendants appealed from the entire judgment while plaintiffs appealed from certain portions thereof. Both appeals will be considered herein.

During 1923 and 1924, plaintiffs developed a plan to bring electric power from Boulder Dam to the metropolitan area of Los Angeles by means of a transmission line supported on steel towers. This plan contemplated the bringing of power at 275,000 volts across the…