# Southern California Gas Co. v. City of Los Angeles

> California Supreme Court · August 29, 1958 · 50 Cal. 2d 713

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9790298

## Case

- **Full name:** SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GAS COMPANY (A Corporation), Respondent, v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES, Appellant
- **Court:** California Supreme Court
- **Decided:** August 29, 1958
- **Citations:** 50 Cal. 2d 713; 329 P.2d 289; 1958 Cal. LEXIS 189
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by McCOMB
- **Judges:** Traynor, Carter, McComb
- **Cited by:** 55 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- holding that the utility has the obligation to pay relocation expenses absent an express direction from the legislature or a provision in the franchise abrogating this obligation

## Opinion text

McCOMB, J.
I dissent. I would affirm the judgment for the reasons stated by the District Court of Appeal in Southern California Gas Co. v. City of Los Angeles, (Cal.App.) 318 P.2d 735 .
Sehauer, J., concurred.
Respondent’s petition for a rehearing was denied September 24, 1958. Sehauer, J., and MeComb, J., were of the opinion that the petition should be granted.

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