Rogelmair

Rogelmair v. City of Los Angeles

Good Law
137 Cal. App. 125·29 P.2d 880
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaFebruary 27, 1934Docket No. 9345.California1,495 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

Spence, J.

Plaintiffs, as owners of a piece of real property bordering upon Griffith Park in the City of Los Angeles, claimed an easement for ingress and egress to and from said property over a strip of land situated within said park. They brought this action to enjoin the defendants from constructing a fence along the boundary line of said park upon the portion thereof over which plaintiffs claimed such easement. Judgment was entered in favor of plaintiffs and from said judgment defendants appeal.

It is extremely difficult to give a detailed description of plaintiffs’ land and the courses of the roads now and heretofore leading into Griffith Park to the north of said property. Several maps were introduced in evidence for this purpose. We believe, however, that despite the irregular shape of Griffith Park, the irregular shape of plaintiffs’ land and the irregular courses of said roads, a rough description may be given which will suffice for the purposes of this appeal.

Plaintiffs’ lot consists of a long, wedge-shaped piece running in a general northerly-southerly direction, said lot being narrower at the northerly end than at the southerly end. It is contiguous to the easterly boundary…

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