# People v. Symons

> California Supreme Court · December 9, 1960 · 54 Cal. 2d 855

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9537367

## Case

- **Full name:** The PEOPLE, Ex Rel. DEPARTMENT OP PUBLIC WORKS, Respondent, v. FRANCIS G. SYMONS Et Al., Appellants
- **Court:** California Supreme Court
- **Decided:** December 9, 1960
- **Citations:** 54 Cal. 2d 855; 9 Cal. Rptr. 363; 357 P.2d 451; 1960 Cal. LEXIS 219
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by McCOMB
- **Judges:** White, McComb
- **Cited by:** 52 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- discussing damage to private property caused by deleterious effects of “public improvement” on “adjoining” property

## Opinion text

McCOMB, J.
I dissent. I would reverse the judgment for the reasons expressed by Mr. Justice Ashburn in the opinion prepared by him for the District Court of Appeal, (Cal.App.) 5 Cal.Rptr. 808 .
Schauer, J., concurred.
Appellants’ petition for a rehearing was denied January 4, 1961. Schauer, J., and McComb, J., were of the opinion that the petition should be granted.

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