P-NO NUMBER (2)'?'hia lncle~itux'e mede in dupliosLe tRirs 31st d.ay of Deaearer 1~1F3, hatr~reen City
af Sr~nt~ Monioa, a l[unioipal Corporation of the St~te o f C~,liforniw, ~:~,rty of the f irst
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pr~rL axtci Loa Att~elea S,~La tdonioa Beaeh Co~p~ny, a csor ~oration orpanizec~• ~.,nr~cr t,ra l~rr-
of Lhe State of C~-liforni~, pr~rty of the~ ~ee~,n~i part,
Q WiLnaaaeth: T'h~t Alserea~, ~seoon~ ~artyharet+y ~,raa; *,o Pive a grant c~aec~ ~or Straet
purpo~er Lo fi~tat party, o'' Lh~.t ~ert~zin tLrip of ]~.n~ liin tre City of SantA Pdoniea, in
tha Cotu~ty of I,o~ AnP.ale~, in the Ste~te of Cal ifornir~, h~irlr7 t~van~v (?~) feaL n~i~e, ur:~?
rtulninp, frorn Lha SouLh-e~~tarly lina o~ Coloraclo Avenua to tha 21orLh-~vastar2y line
of Ce~rl F.Sahader' 1 Saaside Tarraae, aa reoorciac~ in Fi~ak 17 Page~ 10 wnr~ ] 1 of ?.'~F t
:~~°fit~-a~rf1~ ~o~'.I;~:~ ~*a1-~.t .t`atzt~ty;-.€a~#fiar~i~, ~~ ~~ -,~:s._"'~'ha Rr~nad~",.--~c sho~m or~ _ ,_ i
r4~,~; of ~he Mot~ Tr~sot ~.~ ranoi•c~ec~ iri ~~~ok 36 ?r~F~~ 64 ~Ln:~ 65 0~ rdaZ:a, Loe l,n~el~~ Co~.r.ty
re~orc~ ~.
tiYhere3~, Re~~nc~ F,ai•ty harehv a~?ree s to ~ive to fir~t ~.~~.rtv ~ert3in e~,ga~etlU~
for ~e~ver pur~,o~sa~ ~var lor, nturi~+er C~t:a ( 1) ;~nr? thrott~=h Lotg "A" anci "B" in i:t~~t mra~t
uR Re~or~a~ i~: fi~o~c ~~ n~ra~ 6~~ .,,n~ ~5 of :~~,, -, l?z~orct. of' Ln! AnF?aleR Co«nt~ , C~,1 ifor•r.ta
in the ~iLv o!' Santr~ 2~i~ni~a, Coiinty of Lo:+ ~.nFaleR, St~*.~ o~ C~,] i~orniU., wncl
?'lherea~, fir~t ~;r~rtv rio^ h~1~'~~ aa~a;nar.!a ~or ~P~rer purpo~a~ avar ~ar~twit~.
porR,iona of ;~aic~ i.to5g mrs~t, ii:rl~l~irif* .~ cartatn t~nra~or~a~ aar~~^~anL p,r.:~nta~ h`.~ +.hz
SouLhern P~eifia ~'ai2^rc~y Cor.~ar~y, to r,he Cit~~ of Sant~z t;ioni^a c~:,t~~' tha tzi.th ~;.~y of
i.~c~y,18~7 for a~e^~rer ~••hi^h rii~.~ thro;.i(~}i Lota T~~~o (?) Thr2a (3) four (!!-) , F?ve (51, ,
I Ten (10) ,~:levr.n (11) , Tlvalve (12) ,'^hirtaan (13), in 5wic~ Z4o4a ^'rwnt; a.r~:r' ~~ ~zr+wir.
I ri~Tht-of-•~r~,y, ovzr r,he ~ otit,h-~,~ra~tarly teri (10) faetilot~ T~°~ent~~ (~0) t~°~er_t~~- ma ("'_~
, Ltqer,ty t~~~o (`'?) T~rant~~-three (?_?) Twant, -four (?lt) m•vznt,~,_~ive (?5) `m~~~entv-ci z (''~~
Twetity-eaven (?7) Tpvantiy ait~L (~3) T~.venty-nine ( 29) thirt~ ( 30) t,hir ty-oi.a (;; ) ir_
R~-id l[o~a Treat, for. the conatruc~tion ~n.d maintanan~e of axi «n~ar~roun~ ae~~Ter, ~.s ~;r~~r~~t~~'
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~~'~ to ~he Ci~y .o! Sante- Monioa, hy daec~ reoordec~ in Book 1608 P~.Pe 32 0~ naa~~,, Los
~` ~Kelee County Raoorda, r:~nc~ a~ertain ri~t -of' wr~,v ovar lot4 fiva (5) , s~~c (~) ~aven
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_~'~ ~~.~L (8) Nine f9) of ~~sic~ ldo~~ Traot for Lhz ~o; ~+ruetiion anc~ r~~intaiianc~a of un
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ae~ntP, aa granLec~ to tbe City of ,Santrs ~Soni~~, ry c~eec~ , raeordac~ ir. B~ok 198~
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^Uhara~,a, Lhe no~itinuunaa o* puhlin ~ea-ert in ~al~ exietft~ eaaeMenta :~n~ riRhta-of-~ray
"r'~'=~~ hz ~ hindranoa Lo the ~oratru~tion o!' hiRh eJart improvaManLn on !.h.i~ ~:ro~;art,y.
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No~v ~erafore, the pr~rtian hereto c~o ap,raa ~n follorr~:
~fm1r~ parta~ of the tirat part haa remi~e~, rela3,zr~, un~ ?~ravrr 1iiitolatmeB, ~nci hy
~ t1:~ az p"zaent~ r~oan re;nize, rzlea~e, aht~ forever quit~lal:n, unt~i tha ~~.+.~ i arty op the nenotul
~;,u^'., ~t.~' to ita au~oea~ora ttn~ ~,.~Ip~~t ~~1 tho'z azrte~3n lot~~pieoe~ or parouln oP ]z~n~?~
i aittiate, IyinF a~nfl be~ ~ she ~Cit~y of Santa ?.tonioe, Countv of 1,,~ t~palan, Sta.ta of C,lifnrni
;~n~ ewrtir.ularly cle~orihe~ an loEn Rh~,enty (?_0) twenty-one (211 t~~anty-tmo (?2) t*~nty-three~(
~ !~ser.tv-*o;xr ( 211j , Tacenty five ( 25) ~, twenty-tix ( 26) ,Twenty-~evan (?_7) .Taar~ty-aiRht { tt3) , 'r!~enL
~ nia~ {?~t ,~!+hl,rLy (30) Lhirty-one 31) ~ ot ruic~ Moaa Tr,r.t urc~ rti~ larl rerta n,_,ri t-`
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~ o*-•~•e,y ovar ~aic~ Lota `P!~anty (7.l1} o mhiTLy-oTie (31) innli~,iva for Lhe non.Rtru~tion s.nc~ me~ixS-
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tenanee of ~n uncaerground aewer, ~a grF,nte~ Lo tha City of S~nta Moni~a, hy cleet~ renorc~e~l in
Book 1608 Page 32 ot Dez~a, I,oa As~elar County reaord~ unc~ aJl right, title anc~ i~et~erert pf aa
first ~~u"ty therein,(~ ~ 1 ~
Sair~ ~arty oP tha tirat ~arL ~~ill upon reneivin~ four ;nonthn noLir,e in <vritin~
`fro.n p~rty of Lha ~enonr' ~;arL or ita nuo~eaeora arld a~nif~n, ot its or thei.r intantion to
n~natrunL a hui2c~Ing or huildit~a on nr~ic~ Lota '1'~0 (2) ,'~haee (3} , Four (4) , Flve (5} ,~ix
(6) , ~enen (7) , EIF>ht (S) , Nine t9) ~ men (10} , Elavan (11} , twelve (12} , ^~hirtzan (13) or ezty
e ty
/of Lhe°~ 1n aai~ Masa Tra~t an~ upon ~;lana fnr zuic~ Fro~roaeA ta:Sl~inR~ heinp, filer~ +vith nxid
firRt party~ rvill ramiaa, releaae, ~n~ Torever quitnlraim unLO nai~ aaoonca psrty, and ita auoa6,a
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or:~ ~nc~ sa,igna, eaic~ lota two (2) to 7tiirtaen (23) innluaive ir. enid Mos~ Traat, to,gaLher ev~t~
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~~' ail rjahL, Lft,1a axnA: intcreet 'ot ,~.ir~'firaG F°rt;y t3tercYn, atu~ fnr,2ti~3hF`_ti*~..~~~ei~~!
', hy Lha Sauthern Paaifi~ Rr~i2^vay Compatiy to the City of Santa MonSoa, hy en unreoorded inntruane7
, d~.te~ it~y lOth,1897 ~ a right-of_.~,~. gret~ted Por tha non~tnxeoion an~i ttainteni+nee of an ra~Al~1
' qrounc~ ~e~-er Eo the City of Santn Monion, hy deec~ re~ar~ac~ in A:ok 1989 P~aga 239 ot deede
Lo~s lil1Fzles equnty Reaorda.~ , `
Said pnrty oY the ~eoond ~art herehy ~rahta Lo party ot the firrL part, ars aarar~arit
ovzr ~, etrip of l~c~ ten (10) feat wide heinp, the North-neaterly ten (10} feat of Lot One (1) -
in awic~ Moat mraet, City of Santa Monitses, County pf Loa Ai~p,: 7 e:+, State of Ca2 iforrrie, fot~ ~'
' tha ~or..truRtion an~ me.intenenne of an unc?ergrounc~ aa;ver.
Sai~ party oP Lha narton~ part herehy ~rants to the Farty of the flrat parL, an eaaema
for t,ha nonatrur.tion dnc~ maintenan~~af an undargrounc~ aewer, throuf~ Lota "A" dnr~ "B" in rsid
~"dogs ^ruet, City of S;,.ntc~ Adoni~sa, Count~ of Lor tinge? ~n, State ot Ca7lforniw, sai~ eaeez~anL he
~ t~r. (]~) taet ~aidz ,vru~ runninF !n ~ esatarly an~ +aaaterly c~irention, enr~ tihe axaoL looation
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sair' eaa~~ent tfi ha c~eterninecl hy Lhe City F~-~ineer of the ~ity of Santa 1.4oniaa ,the lo~ati#a
oY ~wid eaae~nt, ho^sevar, in any cane to re far enoup,h un~?er tha aurfa~e of awic~ Lots «~w ~
I"B" to h~ haloTMr the loundation o~' n.ny Geii {10} foot hip,h t+eaae~~ent oP any huii~inF, Lhut c~qy he
~ ~~n<r,ruateA on sa.ir~ Lota*"A" ~.nc? °B". In aaae of any damspa pr loRa ~uetainad hy Lha oanar or
ov~n~r= of Lota "A° arid "B° on ar,r.ount of tha net,tlin~ or r.ollapaa oP atty htli2~inp, or huilc~inp,6
or :~nv portion thareof, cauaart hy the aonatr~~etion of n~sic~ iuu3ergro~u1ct ae~rar tRrough eaid la
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"!~" ~,n "B" tha parLy of tha firat, part si'~aIl he he18 reaponaihla tharet~rr,~,ti th~ g~not~ts~ `ot mG
rapr«SantinP the n~ntual damap,e or loe~ therehy aunLained hy aaic~ o mer or o^marn oP ,,~Id I,ots:
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In ~Yitne~a 'fiareof auic? l.arty of the fir~t p~'Z :hn~hy"rae0lntion ot ita CSty C
r.,~~.a? ita corporata nana to he haraurito aurzerlhed and ita oorporate eeal ~t-: ~e-2terevlti ~,~`
hy. tr,~ pttioers therctpito c~uly aULhori2ed th1ak313t day of De~eC11~~ Y--~°~pp~}~bBi~d3~~~~i','
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tl County of Los Angeles ~ ss.
I hereby certify the foregoing to be a full, true and corre copy of the instrumeni,
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appeaxing recorded in Book No.----~-~-~--- ----------- ~f -------•------ -----------------------------~- ---------------------
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Page____~~________, Records of Los Angeles County, and that I have carefully com~ared the
same with the original record. ~
In VVi#ness 3~Iherea#, I have hereunto set my har~d and affixed my
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Official Seal, this_____._________________.day of_ ~~~__~_: ____.__ ~'~
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PHaTaSTATIC COPY
OF QRSC~II~T~.L FIL~D ~;' :~ ~
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COTJ~[TY 4F IAS ANt~~LBS. ) . ~ , . . .
I, T.:H. Y~AHD,. Gounty Clerk and ez-atfi43o Clerk of ~he... `
Superior Ca~r~, do hareby cert3fy the Yorago~ng to be a f`~1i,
true and apr~e~st eopy of the originai Judgme~t .In tha ca~ae ot' ~.
3Qnta Monies~ gs. ~'. P. dones et al., cn t`ile in my oI`P3Qe,
and that. I havr~ careYully Cc~pared the aame with the ~~3,gin~1. ~~
IN AS~'R~SS' tNH~RS~?F, I h~~a hereui~~o 'set n-Y
($eal) ~ hand and a~fixed ~k~e~'se~;l' of the ~uper~.or
Caurt, thi~ ' 11th d~ig gf Feb., ~88f~. `
T. H. Nf~rd . Cc~n~p Clerk. .:
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Al1 that certain lat, tract, piece or parce2 of land
lying ancl being situate in the Town {now Gity) of Santa Mon-
ica, County~ of Lo~ Angeles, Sta~e of Califar~ia, partieuZarl~
described as'follows,:ta-~vit:-
Commencir~g at a point ir~ Oce~an Avenue as now shown an: a
map or pl:at of the ssid T_own oP Santa Monica, recorded in
Bnak 38,. page 4~, et seq., of. Miscell~neous .I~Qcar~.s oP the
County of Los Arigeles, diatant one hunrire~.. (1Qt}} feet South
~~sterl,y from the South "~~9te~ly corr~er af B1bek 1~8 of said
Town of`Santa Monica, where the:North:Weaterl~ line o~' Rai1-
road Avenue, as shown on said map, if prolon~ad, woul~ intex~-
~ect the $arne, runnin~ ther~ee North VPesterly and par~llel
' with the South Weaterly but~ndarg'of Blocks'198,, 173, 14~,.
223, 98', 75, 5~. and 25 ~?#' sa3d Tov~n af' Santa Monl.ca ae . sho~n b~r '
said map or piat'aPoresaid,`to a point one hundred (10~7) ~set
,, South 9Vester,l~ from the North Westerl~ corner of ~a3.d BToek. ;
~ 25 aforesaid; thence at right angles S~uth Westar2y to the
upper surf~ae et~e of the b1uPP fronting an the Paci~`ie.
Ocean; thence South Easterl~t along snd fol].ovr.ing the South
Westerly upper surface edge~~'o~ sa~,~d~`b1t~~P'.bo~~tl~s~:pb~nt in:'
said South ~-esterl;~ ~.ppe~ surPace edge, af $aid b1ufP df~eet-
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I ly opposite to the sauth ~as~arly corner of said Bl.ocl~ 1Q8 '
aforeaaid, and on t~he Nor~h Westerlg line of Railroact ~AveMt~~,
if prolonged so as to intarseat the same; thenee at right`
angles North Easterly to ~he place af beginning,
T~ HOLD PFRPETUALLY as a.Public'Park, upon condit3on~how-
ever, th.at the said To~vn oP Santa Monlea, plaintiPf here~n, f
or its successora, shall at ali times keep said Publie Park
plan~ed ir~ trees.and plants and cared for a~ a Public Y~rk, ~.
kesping said tree`s and plant~ sa placsd therein `r3~ a ga~d
thrifty and gr4wing conditinn, a~td ~tY~e park at ail t.ia4es Rell
earefl for; and also shal~. make, keep and maint~in suita~le
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Santa :Mantca; as BhOV~n ~by sa~.d ~ep aPoresaid, COUn~y 4f Las
t~ngeles, State of:Gal~:~arnia, p.articularlg deseribed"as fol=
lows, tcs-wit;-
That e~r~ain bio~k wY~ich i~ bo~nded Westeply by.S~ve~h ~
Stree~; Northerlg tay Califart~~.a Avenue; Zas~erly bq.~ig~th
~ ~ Street,; and ~~8outherly :~y Naeada~~ Aven~~, as ~;shown a~ci ~~de~a~3.~~- ' ';
~ tecl on said reeorded map ar plat aforesaid, ~a be b~ tMe aeid
{Ytl~ plaintiff pe:rpetually.mair~tained as a Pub1~:c ,Park. upon the
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co~ndition, however, that ~~.e ~~id p3~iatif
=~ shali at all times ke~p tYra ~a3.d b~ock sa .~et apart ~or a
Publie Par'k, plant~d in•tx~ees and plsnts, which treea and
plants :shall; bg the said p3~ii~tiff or its suecessors, ~at al.l
times be kept in a thrfftg anct grow3.ng cond3.tion and,f sai.d .
park W8}.a. C8lP9d P81' as` a'Putslic ;Park.'
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: ~ That the s~aid p3ainti~~' hereby disclaim~ aTl right, ~itle,
ixiteraat or :claim of, in a~ ta an~ of the iots, 'bZc~Cks, p~`4~ _3 :
ces or pareels of Ia~.d, or portion's thereaf, clai.med by it;
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in its-eomplatnt in this aetion„ other than the.said.t~o.par-
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` c~1s herein atipulated to be &warded to it, to be maintained
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`+ as Public Parl~s aforeeaid, s~nd the streets.and ~lleys as des-
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~~ rec~rc~ed in 'Book 39, pa~e 45, et ssq.., oP Miseellaneo~s Records
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aP Los Angeles County, ~hich said streets and ~ll~gs; including
4cean Aven~xe modified. as herein prowitied, are hereby ;dedicat~t~~'
to ~ublic use, anfl that in ~nc~ b~ sa#d ~udgarent and.clecree
hereintiefore provided for, it ahall be ati~ud~~d a~d d~c~eed.. `
that the plaiMtiPf ts.k~~nc~thin~ as to any propert~, iots, ~
tracts, pieces €~f; parcel,~ of land clai.med by it in its saic~ .
eomplaint, other than the said two parcels herei~l~e,for.e pre~«
nided fos to be awarded to the plainti~'f ~cs Pui~lic P,~rk~,, and .
the streeta and a~.l,eys,:. a~s;~foresaid.
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and that the defenc~ants hane nat, nor have aMy or eit2xer oP
tYiem, ang right, title or elaim af, in or to th~ said t~vo '
tract~ tif' 7.and so set apart for Publie Park purpo'sas-~ncl in
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a~id stipulation flz1ly described as aforeesld,.and the s~reeta
and alleys as therein atentianed, upon condition however. y ~
AND TT IS ~BY ADJUD(~D ANIS I3EGRE13'I?'that the esid
plaintiff and 3.ts successor» sha11 at aIl tima~ and perpe~-
ually keep and ma3nt~in ------the said two tracts of land:so
set apart for Public Parka and in sai;d stipulatian fully da-
scrlbed a~ aParesaic3t as ~'ub3.ic Parks, an.d sha1.1 pl~nt, main-
tain and keep gro~ing and in a hee~lthy conditioz~ trees,and
p~.ants trierein, and in every wa~*; at a11 time~ 3~.ereaf~"ar and
perpetually keep said park~'well carad for.
IT IS AISO FURTHER AD.T'0'DC:ED AND 23EGR~ED that the saicl
plalntiff and its ~uccessors sha]:l make and at ali times keap
and maintain ~suitable paths' or we.lk~ng xay~s th~a~gh and al;~~,, ;
over and aeross said parks `aforesaid, and sY~all also make stnd '
; at all'times keeP and maintain across the saic~. gark fronti~g ,
on the Pacific Ocean as afore~ai~., aui.~able paths ~~'ir~.~~ing
ways running across said Tast nam~d park froai Ocean .Agenue to , -
the Westerly aurfece ed~e of said bluff so ;as to cannect with
any atairwaps wYtich are now, or may hereaf'ter be, erected by
the defendants, their he~r$ or assSgnat.on the 3:and lgi.ng be•-,
twesn;the YVest~r~y surface edge oP said bZuff aPoresaid and
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the beach on ~he Pacific Oce~en l.ging immediate~;y fn frant of
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` the said propert~y he~einba~for+~ de~cr~bed and ~et a~ar,~ for
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park purposes, eo~as to enr~ble the s~id defeMdant~, thei~
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heirs and assigns, ~ra ~s~. all times gass over and ac~o~a the•
said park anQ down said stairrvays to l~tnds owned:by them be-
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low ~he surface edge o~' s$id bluPf and -betw~en t~se~ P~cifi,c
~cean. ;
.. I~' IS F'tTR~A~'~? flRDEREI?, ADJUDC~ED .AND DECREE~? that the ,
plaintiFf has nci righ~, titl~, interest a~* claim of, in or
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to any of the ot'her lo~s, t~aet~, piece~ or; parcels ~f laz~d
de,~erlbed in the complaint herein, or :ariy par~ or percgl ~here-
of, and that the title at' ~he d~f's~la~ts to all ot' ~h~ leuads
8ascribed in `said cc~mpla2.rtta, o~her than and a~cepting the
said two parcels herainbetora set apart Por park: purpoaea'and
in ~atd ~tipule~tion a~`srr.asaid t~1ly deecribed, and Che stz`eet$ `
an~l a~lays ae 3n ~s~it~ etipulation ~eentioned, ia hereb~ ad-
r ~udged t'a be gQOd. a~nd valid and ,their title#,~~r+r~~ ia he~reb~
qui~t~$ as e~gai~at 8lotims OP the elt3.$ ~pl~intiff s it~, ~uc~c.es- `
~ore and aa~igne.
A~D IT IS FtJRTH~R OR3~t2t~D, AI};tiT~D ~~D E~ECR~RD that the
plnintiPf ~lull re,pay to th~ ~ePendants the aritual coiste bg
the said defendanta gaid.in er~et;ing an~l plaeing a ba~d ~tand
and aeats betaeen 0cean Avenue and the`e8gm p~' ~aid b3utP in
front of B~,oak 198 ae s~o~ru ottt aaid map "aPore~aaid, ~rhic~ s~tid <
~aste sh~~.1 be ~tated by the det'endants and aseer~etineci her'ein
aad the~eaPter whe~ ~o paid aaid banfl eta~cl~. ar~d ~~~~'s ;$ha~I~
beaame snd be the property a.~ the pl~intifP to~ ~blic uae in
c~i~nection ~~.th ssid ga~+k ~rhere sow loaated.
IT IS FLTRT$ER 4RDER~'D, ADJ~TDt~ET) AND ?~ECRE~D ~hat~ , 4~,~an
~' Avenue aa shor-n on aai~! m~p csr pla~t afc~~ssaid .be> an~ `the -~ssm~
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~~.: i"s hereby reduced to ~ u~ifox~~ xidth ot ~xie 8u~dred 4iQ0}`,
. ~eet, the North 8asterl? ~ouudary of wh~eh aaid' 4cae~an AYenr~e
L~;' e~tl be the South ~'esterly bnunciary ~ine d~P B,look~ 398, 2~3,
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148, 128, 8$, '75, 50 ~aQ 8F a,e shawn on said ~p or plat `
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C ITY OF SANTA MOPTICA
Couneil Chamber
Santa P~tonica, Cal., Aug., 27, 191D
We, the undersigned, defend~nts in a suit
entitleds "Tbwa of Santa Monica v. J. P. Jonee: et -~
sl.,„ ~hareby on the llth day oP'February, 1892, the
plaint3fP therein acquired tit Ze t o a strip af land ia
__.the city of Santa Monica naw known as Linda Vista Park,
do hereby conaent that said city may leasa that partion
of said strip of land now occupied by the Camera Obscura,
under such terms and conditions as said city may deem
reasonable.
John P. Jones
By his attornev in faet
(Signed) Roq Jones
Arcadia B. de Baker
(Signed) 8y H. ~i'. 0. Melverny her Attg. _ ~
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AND FOR T3E COIINTY OF LC?S ANGELES.
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TA'T~ TOVPN OF SAN`I'A MONICA, )
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JOHN P. JONES AND }
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JUDGMENT AND DECRSS.
This cauae coming on regularly to be heard on this the
...•.llth... day of February, 1892, the. p2aintiPP being re-
presented by its counsel, R. R, Tanner and M. T. Allen, and
the defendants being represented b~ their counsel, Wells,
Monroe & Lee, whereupon a s~ipulation wtii.ch had been sign~a
by and on behalf of the reapective partiea, was filed in thia
action, whieh stipula~ion is in the words and figures folZow-
ing, to-wit:-
IT IS HER~BY STZPULATED and agreed by and between and on
' behalf of the plaintiff and defendants, reapectively, in tZte:
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above entitled aation as Pollowa:- ~., ;
I.
Thnt a~udgment and decree of the Superior Court oP_'~ha:
State of California in and for the Caunty of Las Angelea, ms~
be readered and enterad in the above entitled action, ar-ard-
ing to the pZaintiff abave named, and quist3ng ita title to;
the f ollowing dascribed real property, to-ait:-
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~11 that certain lot, tract, piece or parceZ of land
lying and being situate in the Town (now City) of ~anta ~on-
ina, County af Loe Angeles, State of California, particularly
described as folloes, to-wit:-
Commenciag at a point in 4cean Avenue as now shown on a
' map or plat of the said Town of Santa Monica, recorded in
, Book 39, page 45, et seq., of Miscellaneous Records of the
R,, County of Los Angeles, distant one hundred {14Q1 feet Sauth
~~~ ~eaterly from the South Easterly corner of Block 198 of satd
Town of Santa ~onica, where the North Westerly line of Rail-:y
road Avenue, as aho~vn on said map, iP prolonged, would inter-
~sect the same, running thence Narth Westerly and parallel.:
~rith the South Westerly boundary of Blocks 198, 173, 148,
123, 98, 75, 50 and 25 oP said Town of Santa Nioniaa as showa by
said map or plat aforesaid, to a po3nt one hundred (100) Peet
South ~Vesterl~ from the North P7esterl~ corner of said Block-
25 aforesaid; thence at right anglas South Westerly to the
upper surPace edge of the b1uP~ fronting on the Pacific
Ocean; thence South Easterly along and following the Sonth
Westerly upper surface edge~ o~ sa~Q.'bin~f' ~ortl~s~-potnt in
said South Westerl~ upper surPaae edge of said b1ufP dire~~-
lg opposite to the South 2asterly cornar oP said Black 198'°
aforesaid, and on the North Westerlg line oP Railroad Avemis:, -. ~
if prolonged so as to intersect the same; thenee at right- ~~
engles North Easterly to the place of beginning. ~
TO HOLD f'~;RPE'TIIALLY as a Pub2ic Park, upon condition hof-
ever, that the said Town oP Santa Monica, plaintifP herein,^,
or ita succe9sors, shall at all timea keep said Public Park
planted in trees and plants and cared for as a Public Park, •
keeping said trees and plants so placed therein in a good
tlarifty and growing condition, and tha park at all times sell
cared far; and also shall make, keep and maintain suitahle -
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patha or.~valking ways thraugh and along 9aid park, and a2acr.
suitabla patha or palking ways across said park so as to.aoYt-
veniently connect with any stairrrays which the defendants
herein, their heirs or asaigns, mag have, erect or maintata on.
the land lying between the upper South Westerly surPace-eclge:.
oP said b1ufP aPoresaid and the beach on the PaciPic Qceag,_
lying immediately in front of the propert~ hereinbe~'ore ds--~-
saribed and set apart for~park purposea, the inten~ion ba~:,._
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that the said dependants herein, their heirs and assigas,.~--- `
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h~ve the right at all times to pass over said paths to sua~
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stairrrays as they nos~~hagg, ar may erect, to enable theax.~t'~`'~._ .~_~=
psss down Prom the top of said bluff to lands owned bg-th~ °~''
between the South Westerlg upper edge of said blufP and the~_~
said Pacifie Ocean, but no street or°~road;: ot~her°:thaa sa.
aforesaid, 3ha11 ever be pro~ectefl, opened or used througlz:°_
or over said Public Park, nor. shall any ditch, drain or~p~ec:;
be cut or laid across the same so as to dischar.ge water o~
seAerage aver said bluff or on the beach below said bluPP;
eacept bg the written consent of said defendants, thair ha:~s~°~
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and assigns, first had and obtained.
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AND SAID PLAINTIFF shall repay to ths def'endants the ~:.~~ _~ _~
costs by them psid in erecting and placing a band atand
sents betwsen Ocean Avemie and the edge oP said bluff"i~
front af Black 198, and thereafter said band stand and
shall become and be the property of the plaintiPf for pub~. ,~~.~
use in connection with said park where noR lo.cated. ~
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That in and by said 3udgment and decree aforesaid t~^_.~~,~;
shall also be awarded ta the plaintiff, and its title theret~o
quited, all that certain other lot, piece, block or pareel..~~~
land lying and being situate in the said Town (now City} ag~° :;,,,,~,
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Santa Manica, as shovra by said map aforesaid, County of Las.:
AngeZes, State of California, particularly described as fo~- -
lows, to-wit:-
That certain black which is bounded 9Vesterly by Sene~h
Street; Ptortherly by California Avenue; r.asterly by Fighth~.
Street, and Southerl~g by Nevada Avenue, as ahoxn and desigaR:--
,~~ ted on said recorded map or plat aPoresaid, to be by the ~as~ie.cY....
'~"~_ plaintiff perpetually maintained as a Public Park upon the~~,
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~. candition, hnwever, that the said p3~intifP.and its succesaor~-
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shall at all times keep the said b2ock sa aet apart for a,~~,,,.
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Pub1iG Park, planted in trees and plants, ehich ~raes and~~'~ :-
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plants shall, by~ the sa3d p3~iintiff or itrs successors, a ~'"°`' ~` ~-
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times be kept in a thrfPty and gro~ing condition and said ~
park well cared for as a Pub2ic Park. '
III.
That the said plaintifP hereby disclaims all right, ti'CYe,
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interest or claim of, in ar to an~ of the lote, blocks, ptit~ ,__.
ces or pareels of land, or portians thereof, claimed bg itx::__ ,-
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in its camplaint in this action, other than the said two pa~ ~~.-
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cels herein stipulated to be awarded to it, to be maintain d~
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as Public Parks aPoresaid, and the streets and alleys aa~da~ ;~,-
ignated and shoxn on the said_map-filed by-,the defendant~.
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reeorded Sa .Baok 39 - , ~y'~ .- '
, page 45; etr seq., of'~Miscellaaeous~. . ~`. -;:
oP Laa Ange~.ea Caunty, which sald streets and slle~s ,i =
Ocean Avenne modiPied es herein provided, are-hereby ded4 "
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to public use, and that in and bq saifl ~udgment and decre ~`
hereinbefore provided for, it shall be adfudged and dearee~~~" ~``~
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that the plaintiPf take nothing as to any property, lota, ~~.
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tracts, pieces oP parcels of land claimed by it in 3ts s~~. Y
E. complaint, other than the said t~ro parcels hereinbefore pr~---,~ ~'
~~ vided for to be awarded to the plaintifP as Public Parka;.
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IV.
It is flirther stipulated and agreed that the ~udgment
and decree may be entered in the above entitled action, in._
accardance with the terins and conditiona oP this stipulation,
upon the filing of the same in said action.
IT =S HEREBY FtTRTIIL~R STIPULATED AND AGRE~D that Ocean
Avenue, as shown on said map or plat aPoresaid, be, and th~
ssme is hereby reduced to a untPorm Ridth of one hundred-(lElt~)
feet, the North '~aster2y boundary ofl which sa3d Ocean Avettue.
shall be the Sputh YYeaterly boundary line oP $locks 198, 173,'
148, 123, 98, 75, 50 and 25, as shown on asid map or plat:-a.K.
foresaid. Also that Railroad Avenue as delineated on satd ~
map shall be continued to the Qeean Beach in a direct line
of the same width oP said Avenue and the said Railroad Avenue
so prolonged shall be opened and graded.
(3igned) _~i__T__Allen_and_R__R_ Tanner -
Attorneys for Plaintiff.~
{Signed) YPells Monroe ~c Lee
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Attornegs for Defendants,
Dated Los Angeles, Cal., Feb. ....llth....,1892.
Aad the parties aforesaid, by their said counsel, thea-°~- ~"~~~
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and there in open Conrt consenting that a decree ahould be~~ ~~'
entered by this Court in pursuance of and in aecordance ~rith
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the terms and conditiona of the said stipulation aPoresaid,
NOW 2HEREFOR~, IT IS HEREBY ORI}EFt'ED, adJudged and decreed ~
that the title of the plaintiPf be, and it is herebg quieEed
as against the said defendants to the said two tracts of land
set apart as Public Parks, in said st3pu2ation fu12y deseribed
ea aforesaid, and the streets and alleys as therein mentioned;
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and that the defendants have not, nor have any or either of~' ~~
them, any right, ti~le or claim oP, in or to the said txo '4.
tracts o~ land so set apart Por Publie Park purposea and-ia:~ '~~_
said stipulation fully deacribed as aforeeaid, an+3 the atreet.~ ~
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and alleys as therein meationed, upon condition however. . f
AND IT IS A~REBY A.~JU7X"ED AND DECREED that tha said
plaintiPt`and its succesaor~ shall at all times and perget±-•'=~
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uall kee and maintain the said tRO traets of land^'s~„.
set apart for Public Parka and in said stipulation fu].ly=ds~~-
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acribed sa aforesaid, as Publie Parks, and shell plant, ~~-
ta3n and keep growing and in a healthy condition treea and?' '
p~ente therein, and in every ~vay at all times hereafter ead_
perpetually ksep said parks ~rell cared for.
IT IS AISO FtJRTHER ADJUDGED AND DECREED that the said
plaintifP and its successors shall make and at all times kae~
and main~ain auitable paths or ~wa2k~ng ways through and a~t~ag,
over and acroas said parks aPoresaid, and shall also make and
at all timea keep and maintain across the said park fronting
oa the Pacific Oceen as aforesaid, suitable paths or_.wa~ing..
ways running acrass seid laet named park from Ocean Avenue to
the Weaterly surface edge aP_said b1ufP so as to conaect-w~-:YY
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arry atairxags phfch are na~, or ma~ hereafter~be, erected:bg~
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the defendants, their heirs or assigna, on the land lying b~ ,_ ,
tween the Weaterly aurface edge of s~id blufP aPoressid and~';„- ~'
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tha beach on the P$ciYic Oceein lying itmmediately in .front :o~•.~
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the said property hareinbePore described and set apart for
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park purposes, so as to anai~le the said defendanta, their
heirs and assigns, to a~ all times pass over and across the .
said park and down said stair~vays to lands owned by them bs:~
low the sarFace edge of said b1uPf and•betxeen the Pacific ••P
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I:`~ ' I3_ F`aRT ~"R ORDERED, ADJUD(iED ANT3 DECREED .thst t he ~ e. -.- ',:~,'y" °,
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plaintifP has no~right, title, interest or cla3m of, in or•.
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to any of_the ather lota, tracts, ptecea or parcels of lant~.<.__
deacribed tn the coffiplaint herein, or any part or parceZ ~here---
of, and that the title oS the defendanta to all-of the lands<:=
deseribed in aaid ec~m4plainta, other than and ex~epting t~:::
said t~o parcels hereinbefore set apart for park purposea«~.:
in said atipulation aPoresaid fully deecsribed, snd the at~t~s
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and slley~a aa in seid atipulation ment3oned, ia hereby a3+~~
~udge8 to be good and valiQ and their titla thereto ia hsrerht:-r
qnibted sa ag,~iaat cla~ms of'the ssid plaintifP, its snaoes~=
sors and aaaigns. ~~=~
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plsint3t! shall repay to the derendanta the aatusl costs-b~
the said defendants paid in erecting and pleoing s band atand
and aeate betwaen Ocean Avenue sad the edga oP said blutf in~
front of Block 138 as mhown on said map eforesaid, xhich~sa~d
costs ~hall be atated by tho defendanta and ascertained heps~n.
snd theresfter when ao paid asid band stand and seats ahs~.t:.~`°
beevma and ba thn propart~ of the plaintiff for public uae ia
eontiectton with said park where noR located.
I'~ Z3 FIIRTHER ORDER~.'D, ADJIID4ZD AND DECRESD that OaAaa.:
Avenne as ahown on said map or plat afarasaid be and the si~te
i8 ~herebT~reduced to a unit'orm ~ridth of Ons Hut~dred (140~ ~~` ''
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i`ii~t; Lh~~ ~tbrth $aaterly bonndary oP. whtch said Oasan dveait~:~ ~: -
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s1~12 be :the South 9Yeeter2y bouadary 11ae -of Blocka 198; .I'~t-,~. °~<
I48, 123:, 98, ?5, 50 and 25 as -ahown on said. map or~plsit `:'~ -~~-}__
aforesa3Q. __- _.,.
Aiso that Railroad Avenue sa ahown on said map ahall bd
continued to the Acean Beseh in s direct line af the asme~ •
width oP said Avenue, and the aaid Railroad Aveuue aa pi*o--
longed shall, be opened and graded.
Done ia open Caurt this llth day oP February, 188E.-
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ST~T3! OF CgLIFORNIA, )\ p
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cov~ oF Los axc~s. )
I, T. B. i~ARD, County Clerk and ez-officio Clerk oP th,e~-~
Snperior Court, do hereby certii'y the Poregoing to be a 1'tt21,
true aud correc~ copy ot the arigtnal Juclgmant In the ease+~a~.~
Santa Jdon3ca va. J. P, Janes et--a2., an tile in mT-oftioe,~ -
and thst I ha~e aaref'ally ca~pared the aaffie with the origias~.:
IH i11fiRS3S NSERSOF, Z have hereunt o ssb .~~
~Sea1?~ hand and atfi=ed the aeal of the 3uperior°
Court, thia llth day of Feb., 1892.
T. H. 4~srd County Clerk.
(Signed) By S. 1V. Seaver DepntT.
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CI'FY OF SANTA MONICA
Council Chamber
Santa Pdonica, Cal., Aug., 27, 1910
Nte, the undersigned, defendants in a suit
entitled: "'Form of Santa Mouica v. J. P. Jonee, et° •` '
el.," whereby~ on the ll~h day of'February, 1892, the
plaintiSP therein acquired tit].e to a strip of land in
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.__.the city of Santa Monica now knoan as Linda Vista Park,
do herebs consent that ssid citg may lease that portion
oP said strip of land now oceupied by the Camera Obscura,
under such terms and conditions as said city may deem
reasonab'e.
John P. Jones
By h3s attornev in fact
(Signed) Roy Jonas
Areadia B. de Bakar
(Signed) By . pF. 0. Melvern~ her Attp.'- ~~_
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IN TH~'SIIPERIOR COIIRT OF THE STAT~' OF CALIFORNIA IN
AND FOR T3E COUNTY OF LC7S ANGFLES.
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THQ T049N OF SANTA MONICA, )
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JUDGPdENT AND DEC~.
This cause coming on regularZy to be heard on this the
.....llth... day of February, 1892, the plaintiPP being re-
presanted by its counsel, R. R. Tannsr and 'V!. T. Al1en, and
the dePendants being represented by their counsel, Y~ells,
?~onroe & Lee, whereupon a sbipulation wtiich had beea aignpct
by and on behalf of the reapective parties, was filed in this
aetion, which stipulation is in the words and figures PolZow--
ing, to-wit:-
IT IS HER~BY STIPULATED and agreed by and betWeen and on
behalf of the plaintiff and defendants, reapectively, in tha,
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abave entitled action as Pollowa:-
I.
Th~t a~udgment and decree of the Superior Court of 'the-: ,.
State of California in and for the County~ of Los Angslea, mu~
be rertdered and entered in the above entitled action, award-
ing to the plaintiff above named, and quieting its title to,
the f ollowing deseribed real propertg, to-ait:-
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1.
All that certain lot, tract, piece or parcel of land
lyin~ and being situate in the Town (now Cit9) of Santa ~on-
ica, Count~ of Los Angeles, State of California, particular2y
described as falloes, to-wit:-
Gommencirsg at a point in Ocean Avenue as naw shown on a
map or plat of the ssid Town of Santa Monica, recorded 3n
Book 39, page 45, et seq., of Miscellaneous Records of' the
Countg of Los Angelas, distant one hundred (100) feet Sauth
~ ~Vesterly from the South 'Easterl~ corner of Bloek 198 of said
~ Tawn of Santa i~onica, rvhere the North ~Peaterly line of Raf~- °
road Avenue, as sho~vn on said map, iP prolonged, wauld inter- '
~ seet the same, running thence North Westerly and parallel_
xith the South Westerly baundary of Blocks 198, 173, 148,
123, 98, 75, 50 and 25 of said Town oP Santa l~onica as shoxa by
said map or plat aforesaid, to a point one hundrsd (lOQ) feet
South ~vesterl~ from the North ~7esterlp corner of said BloCk
25 aforesaid; thence at right angles South YYesterly to the-
upper surface edge of the b1uPP fronting on the Facific
Ocean; thence South Easterly along and following the Sout2r
Westerly upper surface edge~ oP sa3di'bin~f` bortSs-:potnt in
said Sauth Westerly upper surface edge of said b1uPP dire~t-
lg opposite to the South Zaster2y corner of said Block 188"
aforesaid, and on the North Weaterl~ line of Railroad Avemta, :"~`
if prolcnged so as to intersect the same; thance at right' ~'h
anglee North Easterly to the p].ace of beginrting. '
TO HOLD F'F~RPBTIIALLY as a Public Park, upon condition hcR-
ever, that the said Town oP Sante Monica, plaintifP hereia,~
or ita succesaors, shall at all times keep said Pu~lic Park
p2anted in trees and plants and cared for as a Public Park, ~
keeping said trees and plants so placed therein in a good
thrifty and growing condition, and the park at alI times weZl
cared for; and also shall make, keep and maintain suitahle -
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paths or :walking wags throug2~. and along said park, and a~scr- :
suitable paths or vealking ways across said park so as to-coa:
venientlg connect with any stairrrays which bhe defendants~
herein, their hsirs or assigns, may have, arect or maintain. on ..
the land lying between the upper South Westerly sur~ace-edge..
oP said bluff aPoresaid and the beaeh on the PaciPic acea~;. -
lying i~ediately in front oP the property hereinbefore de.----
acribed and set spart for~park purposes, the intention be~:.
that the said dependants herein, their heirs and sssi as ~~
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have the rtght at all times to pass over said paths to suct~. ~
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stairways as they now<~ha~e, or may erect, to enable them.~t'~,~ ~__
psss do~vn Prom the top of said bluPP to lands owned by th~ ""'
bet~veen the South Westerly upper edge of said bluff and the°-^
said Pacific Oceen, but no atreet ar~~road~: obher~.than as
aforesaid, ~hall ever be pro~ected, opened or used throug2t_
or over said Public Park, nor_ shall sny ditch, drain or:~pfge:.:
be cut or laid across the same so as to discharge water ar;~+•
sewerage over said b1uPf or on the beaeh belon said bluf~;
except by the written consent of said defendants, their he.~s-
and assigns, first had and obtained. ~~
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AND SAID PLAINTIFF shall repey~to the dePendants the~ ~
costs by them paid in erecting and placing a band stand_:~;,:~;;~~._
ssats betrween Ocean Avenue and the edge of said b
front of Bloek 198, and th.ereaPter said band stand and s
shall become and be the propert9 of the plaintiff for pu~~L~...~ ~_;:
use in connection with said park where nos located. '-~``~ -~°
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That in and by said ~udgment and decree aforesaid tB~~ °-{;.~
shall also be awarded ta the plaintiff, and its title theret~
qulted, all that certain other lot, piece, block or parcel.:lpt::
land lying and being situate in the said Town (now City} og~'
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Santa Monica, as shown by said map aforesaid, County of.Las:-
Angeles, State of California, particularly deseribed as foY=-
lows, to-ait:-
That certain block which is baunded ~esterly by Seventh
Street; Northerly by California Avenue; ~asterly by ~ighth~
Street, and Southerlg by Neeada Avenue, as sha~n and desigas-
~y ted on said recorded map or plat aPoresaid, to be by the~as~d .
~~ plaintif~ perpetuelly maintained as a Public Park upon tha~~
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conditian, hQwever, that the said p2aiatifF. and its succes~asr~
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shall at all times keep the said b2ock sa set apart for a~
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Public Park, planted in trees and plants, nhich trees an~~~~' .
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planta shall, by-the said p3~intiff or its successors, a~ "`
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times be kept in a thrift~ and gro~ving condition and said •
park we11 cared for as a Public Park. "'
III.
That the said pZaintiff hereby diselaims al1 right, titfe,
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interest or claim of, in or to any of the lote, blocks, pi~EC'-~ ~.
ces or parcels af land, or portions thereaf, claimed by it~:,_ --
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in its complaint in this action, other than the said tao gs~
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cels herein stipulated to be awarded to it, to be maintalaecY
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~ as Public Parks aPoresaid, and the streets and alleys aa~dea
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ignated and sh ~ an the said.map Piled by-;the defendant~,
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reoorded in-Book 39 ` `" - =° e
, page 45, et_:seq., of'.-Misoellaneous~
~i oP Los Angele~ Cauntg, whi.ch said streets and allegs i`
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Qcean Avenue mo@ified a9 herein provided, are hereby dedi `• ~~
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to public use, and that in and bg said ~udgment and decre."'`''` ~'
hereinbefore provided for, it shall be adJudged and decresi~~ ~'~
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; that the plsinti~P take nathing a9 to any property, lots,~
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tracts, pieces of parcels of land claimed by it 3n its sa~d~«.
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`~ complaint, other than the said two parcels hereinbefore prp~- ~-~
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~ vided far to be awarded to the plaintifP as Public Parka,
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, thQ. atreeta_and ~~3:egs -sa-=aforesaid: _ : : ~~..~.
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IV.
It is further stipulated and agreed that the judgmeat
and decree mag be entared in the above entitled action, in.r
accordance ~ith the terms and conditions of this stipulatian,
upon the filing of the same in said action.
I2' I3 HER2BY F'URTH..'~R STIPIILATED AND AGRE~D that Ocean
Avenue, as shown on ssid map or plat aPoresaid, be, and the.
same ia hereb9 reduced to a untPorm pidth oP one hundred-{1Q0)
Peet, the North ~asterly boundary oP whlch said Ocean Ave~e
shsll be the South ~Yesterl9 boundary line oP Blocks 158, 173;
148, 123, 98, 75, 50 and 25, as ahoRn on said map or plat:.s_l--~-
Poresaid. Also that Railroad Avenue as delineated on satcl
map shall be continued to the Ocean Beach in a direct line
of the same width of said Avenue and the said Railroad Avenue
so prolonged shall be opened and graded.
( Signed ) 12. T. Allen and R. R. Tanner -
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Attorneys for PlaintiPP,
(Signed) VPells Monroe & Lee
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Attorneys far DePendants.
Dated Los Angeles, Cal., Feb. ....11th....,Zg92.
And the `~~"'
parties aforesaid, by their said counsel, thea~-~_ ~"``~"
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and there in open Court consenting that a decree should be-- ~ ~{
entered bg thia Court in purauance of and in secordance rvfth.
the terms and conditiona of the said stipulation afaresaid,
NOVP ~HEREFOR~, IT IS IiEREgy pRDER~D, ad~udged and decreed ,y.
that the title of the plsintiPP be, and it is hsreby qui~i~ec.t '
as against the said defendants to the said two tracta of land
set apart as Public Parks, in said stipulation fully described
as aforesaid, and the streets and alleys as therein mentionad;.
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and that the defendants have not, nor have any or either of.~` ~
them, any right, title or claim oP, in or to the said txa_ _'`E,
trscts a~ land sa aet apart Por Public Park purposea and in:~ ~I
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said stipulation .f'tzllp degcribed as aPoresaid, and tha stre~e~t~ ~'
and alleys as therein mentioned, upon condition however. ~_ -~.
AND IT IS HEREBY AI~JLTIX"ED AND 7~CRE~'D that the said
plaintif.P`and its succesaors shall at all times and perpetF-~~'.-
ually kaeg and, ma3ntain ------the said two traets of land°~s~~;
set apar~ for Public Parka and in said.atipulation fully~de°~
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~cribed aa aS'oresaid, as Public Parks, and shall plant, ~i=-
tain and keep growing and ia a healthy condition treea andr
p~anta therein, and in every Ray at all times hareafter eaQ_
pergetually keep said parks pell. cared for.
IT IS AIS~ FtTRTHER ADJUDGED AND DECREF,D that the said
plaintiPP and its succeseors ahall make and at all times keeg
sad mafn~ain auitable patha or welk~ng waye through and e~i~g,
over and acroas said parks aPoresaid, and shall also make and_
at all timea keep and maintain across the said park fronting
on the Paeific Ocean as afaresaid, suitable paths or'.vea~ing._I
wavs running acroas said last named park from Ocean Avenue to
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the Westerly surPace edge of~said b1uSf so as to connect-wtth,
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auy atairways ahfch are noR, or mag hereafter•be, erected_ g
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the defendants, their heirs or asaigna, on the land .lying;bs,~»
tween the Westerly surface edge oP-said bluff aPoressid aad ~ _~
the besch on the Pacific Oce~tn lgiag im~uediately in .front :o~•f ,
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the said property~ hereinbePore described and set apart for
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park purposes, so as to enable the said defendants, their
heirs and assigns, to ~~ ell timea psas over and aeross the .
said park and down said stair~rays to lands owned by them ba.-
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low the surfaoe edge of said bluPf and•betxeen the PaciPic • '
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plaintiPf has no~right, title, interest or claim of, in-or_
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to any of.the other lots, tracts, p3eces or psrcela of 1aalk:r;:
deacribed in the coffiplaint here3n, or any pu-t or parcel there--
o!, and that the title or the deYendanta ta all- of the la~ul:.~,
deacribed in aaid co~plainta, other than and eaaepting t!~
said two parcels hereinbetore set apart for park purposesa~.
ia said atipnlation aforesaid fully deearibed, and the atx~~s
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and s2leys e~ in aafd stlptslation mentioned, ia hereby ,~ds:---
~udged to be goad and valiQ and their title thereto ia hsrebrf,-
qntbte~ sa agaiast claims of "the saiQ p1,~tintifP, 1ts snccea•~-
aare ax~d xsaigns. ..=.=~~-:
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,_ AHD IT " 23 F'URTH$R ORD~RED, ADJIIDQ~BD AHD DgCKBBD thett't~a=~: -_
plaint3tf shall rspay to the defendants the aatnal costs b~ `
the said defendants paid in erecting and pleaing a bnnd atand
and seats betwaen Ocean Avanne snd the edga of said b1uPf in..
front oP Bloek 198 sa shown oa aaid map afareaaid, xhich~said
coats shall be atated by the derendanta and ascerteiaed ha~eirt.
and thereaiter when eo paid said ba~sd atand_ and seata ah~~'=
beaame and be tha property oP the plaintifP for public uae Sn
connection with said park where nrnr located. '
IT' I3 F[TRTHER ORDERE'D, ADET'UDQ~'.F.'.D AND DECRESD that OoB~s.._
Avenne as shown on said msp or plat aforeaaid be and the=a~aar
ia~herebT-rsdnced to a unitorm wiQth of Ons Hundred (1Q0Y -`~ ~
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fiet; _thr~ 1(orth ~ltaterly bonndary~ o!. whieh aa3d Oasaa ~Te~:~ ~..-
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shxll be th~ Sonth Westerly bonndary Iiae -a! Bloaks 198; :I?&~.~. ,_~
248, I2,'~, . 98, 78, 50 and 25 as .ahown on aaid map or ~plat `'-~~ ~=:~ .
atoresaid. -
A2eo that Railroad Avemia sa ahovu on aaid map ahall bet
contirnxed to the Oce~n Beeeh in e direet line aP the same~ •
width of asid Avenue, and the said Railraad Avex~ue ao pro--
longed ehall be opened and greuied.
Dane in open Canrt this llth day oP February, 189E.-
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COU~TY OF LOS ANt3Z~8. )
I, T. H. V7ARD, Conntg Clerk and es-officio Clerk oP the~ -
Snperior Conrt, do hereby certify the foregoing to be a ftt22,
tr~ae and correct eepy of the orig3nal Judgment In the case «o!-"
~anta ldottfca va. J. P, Jones et°aZ., oa tile in m1-otfios;~
+And, that I ha~e carefnllg compared the asnre with the origia~~.
IH 11'IT19SS3 RBEIiBOF, I havo herennta met ,~
(3ea1)- hand and a!lize8 the seal ot the 3uperior-
Court, this llth day of Feb., I892.
T. H. Nard County Clerk.
{Signed) By S. 1A. Seaver Deputy,
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COPY
CITY OF SANTA MONICA
Council Chamber
Santa P/:onica, Cal., Aug., 27, 1910
We, the undersigned, dafendants in a suit
entitled: "To~m of Santa Monica v. J. P. Jones, et-
al.,n wherebg on the llth day af February, 1892, the
plaintifP therein acquired title to a strip of land in
_ the city of Santa bsonica noR known as Linda Vista Park,
do hereby consent that said city may leasa that portion
oP said strip of land now occupied by the Camera Obscura,
under sueh terms and conditions as said cit~ ma,y deem
reasonable.
John P. Jones
By his attorney in fact
(Si,gned) Roy Jones
Arcadia B. de Baker ` ~
(3igned) By H. W. 0. Melverny her Atty.~ t,~{
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IN TH~' SUPERIOR COURT ~F TfiE STAT~ OF CALZFORNIA IN
AND FOR THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES.
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TH~ TOVPN OF SANTA MONICA, )
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P L A I N T I F F,~
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JOHN P. JONES AND }
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ARCADIA B. de BAIiEFt, )
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D~FENDANT S.j
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JUDGMENT AND DEC~.:.
This cause coming on regularly to be heard on this the
.....llth... day of February, 1892, the plaintiPP being re--
presented b~ its counsel, R. R. Tanner and M. T. Al1en, and
the detendants being represanted by their counsel, Wells,
Monroe & Lee, whereupoa a sbipulation wiiich had been signpc!"
by and an behalf of the respective part3es, Was filed in thts
action, which stipulation is in the words and figurea follow--
ing, to-wit:-
IT IS HER'EBY STIPULAT~'D and agree@ b~ and bet~veen and on
behalf of the plaintiff and defendants, respectively, in the.
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above entitled sation as followa:- ,~.:,
I.
ThAt a judgment and decree of the Superior Court of."tha:-
State oP CaliPornis in and for the Gounty of Los Angele~, mt~
be rendered and entered in the abave entitled action, aRard-
ing to the plaintiff above named, and quieting ita title to,
the Pollawing described real property, to-wit:-
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Al1 that certain Iot, tract, piece or garcel of land
lying and being situate in the Town (now City) of Santa Mon-
ica, County of Los Angeles, State of California, particularly
described as Polloes, to-wito-
Commencirig at a point in Ocean Avenue as now ~hown on a
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map or plat of the said Torm of Santa Monica, recorded in
Book 39, page 45, et seq., of Miscellaneous Rpcords oP the
County of Los Angeles, distant one hundred (100~ feet South
9Geaterlg from the South Easterly corner of Block 198 of safd _
Tawn of Santa ~Ionica, ~here the North Westerl~ line of Rafl-.-~
road Avenue, as ahown on said map, iP prolonged, would inter-- '
sect the same, ruaning thenoe North Westerly and psralle2-
xith tha South VPesterly boundary of Blocks 198, 173, 148,
123, 98, 75, 50 and 25 oP said Town of Santa bionica as showa bg
said map or plat aforesaid, to a point one hundred (100) Feet
South '~Vesterly from the North ~7esterlp corner of said Bloek.
25 aforesaid; thence at right angles Sauth Westerly to the-
upper surface edge of the bluPf fronting on the Facific
Ocean; thence South Easterly along and follorving ths South~
Westerly upper surface edge~ o~ 'sa3di:°bin~f' tortE~s :potnt in~
said Sauth Weatarly upper surface edge of said b1uPP dire~t•
ly opposite to the South 2asterly~ coraer oP said Block 198~
aPoresaid, and an the North Weaterly line of Railroad Avem~s„ ."~
if pro2onged so as to interseat the same; thence a~ right- 5~~
sagles North Easterlg t o the pZace oP beginning. ~a ~
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TO HOLD P~;RPRTIIALLY as a Public Park, upon condition hor-^
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ever, that the said Town of Sante Monica, plaintifP herein, ~
or ita successors, shall at all times keep said Public Park
planted in trees and plants and cared for as a Public Yark, •
keeping said trees and plants so plaeed therein ir~ a goad
thrifty and groWing condition, and the park at all timea well
csred for; and`"also shall make, keep and maintain sultabZs
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paths or.walking ways through and along said park, and alaa
suitable paths or walking wags across said park sa as to~-_coa-
veniantly conneet with any stair~ays which the defendants:
herein, their heirs or assigna, may havs, erect or maintaia on
the land lying beteeen the upper South Weaterly surPace-edge.
of said bluff aforesaid and the beach on the Pacific ~cea~;_
lying imraediately in Front oP the propert9 hereinbefore de:.--T
seribed and set spart for park purposes, the intention be~ag~:.
that the said dependants herein, their heirs and asai as ~f
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have the r3ght at all times to pass aver said paths to su~
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stairways as they now~~laage, or may~ erect, to enable them.~t~.~
pass do~vn Prom the top oP said bluff to lands owned b~ th~ '~"'
between the South Westerly upper edge of said blufP and tlte~_~.
said Pacific Ocean, but no street or:~road;':other~~:than as:
aforesaid, shall ever be pro~eeted, opened or used througlz.°°:
or over said Public Park, nor shall any ditch, drain or~pi;pe•.
be cut or laid across the same so as to dischar.ge water o~°
sewerage over said b1uPf or on the beach beZow said bluPP;'
except by the written consent of said defendants, their~hafrs-
and assigns, first had and obtained. ~
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AND SAID PLAINTIFF snall repsg to the dePendants the ;:
eosts by them paid in arecting and placing a band stand a~ .~:~.<'
seats betwean Ocean Avern2e and.the edge oP safd
front of Block 198, and thereaPter said band atand and
shall becoms and be the property of the plaintiPf for pui~~3.~ „~~;_;
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use in connection with said park where now locsted. . ~~ ~~.~:
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That in and by said judgment and flecree aForesaid tPre~.e^~ ~~,
shall also be awarded to the plalntiff, and its title therett~so
quited, all that certain other lot, piace, block or parcel.,~t':~
land lying and being situate in the said Town (now City} of'.~ „~,,,~,
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Santa Mon.ica, as shown by said map aforesaid, County of Los_..
Angeles, State of CaliPornia, partiaularlg described as fo~--
loea, to-ait:-
That certain block which is bounded '0~esterly by Senenth
Street; Northerlq by California Avenue; ~asterly by Fighth~.,
Street, and Sontherly by Neaada Anenue, as shopn and desigas.--
ted on said recorded map or plat aPoresaid, to be by the-aaict
plaintifP perpetually maintained as a Publie Park upon the~~ ~
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aonditian; hawever, that the said pl'sintiPf and its succgaaar~
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shall at all timas keep the said b2ock so set apart for a
7~m,a...sy . .
Public Park, planted in trees and plants, ehich treea aa~~=~~~.--~~ -
.-- g ~ ~x 3~~, '~''~.__ a'
plants shall, by the said p3gintifP ar its successors, a~ '~~-
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times be kept in a thrifty and groRing condition and said
park well cared for as a Public Park. - ''
III.
That the said plsintifP hereby disclaims all right, tit:~e,
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interest or claim of, in or to any af the lota, blocks, gi~~ „
' ces or parcels of land, or portions thereof, elaimed by it.~,__
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in its complaint in this setion, other than the said two pa~-- .~
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cels herein stipulated to be awarded to it, to be maintaiaed~
u as .s ~ . .~ ~:.:'
as Public Parks aPoresaid, and the streets and alleys aa~des. ~.
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ignated and slsown on the said map filed b~-~tize dePendant~:
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.. recorded ia Book 39; page 45; et°°ssq., ofT-Misce2laneouaw ~~' ~
oP Lca Angelea County~, which said streets and alleys i
Ocean Avenne moditied as herein provided, are hereby_dedt -'
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to public use, and that in and b9 seid judgment and decre.'-~T
heretnbefore provided for, it shall be adJudged and decr9e~~" ,„,~;t~;
tha.t the plsinti~P take nothing as to any property, lots,
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tracts, pieces aP parcels oP land claimed by it in its sa~~,- -
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f. camplaint, other than the said two parcels hereinL~efore pr~~ ~~^Y
~' ~ vided for to be avearded to the plaintiPf as Public Parka~ -~ ""~
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the _ a~reets anrl g}3:eys. sa=-aforeaeid. . . - . . • ;~:~
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IV.
It is further stipulated and agreed that the ~udgment
and decree may be ea~ered in the abo~e entitlsd aetion, in.::.
aceordance with the terins and conditians oP this stipulation,
upon the filing of the same in said action.
IR' IS HEREBY FiTRTH~,`~'R STIPULA~ED AND AGRE'~D that Ocean
Avenue, as shoan on said map or plat aPoresaid, be, and the:
same ia hereby reducad to a untParm width of one hunrlred-(1Q~)
feet, the 2dorth ~'asterly boundary of which said Qcean Ave~e:
shall be the South YVesterly boundary line of Blocks 198, 173;"
148, 123, 98, 75, 50 and 25, as shown on said map or plat°-s ~-~
Poresaid. Alao that Railroad Avenue as delineated on said`
m8p shall be continued to the Oeean Beaoh in a direct line
of the same width of said Avenue and the said Railroad. Avenue
so prolonged shall be apened and graded.
(Signed) _M_ T. Allen_and_R. R. Tanner~
Attorneys for PlaintifP.
(Signed} YYells Monroe & Lee
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Attorneys for DePendants.
Dated Los Angelas, Cal., Feb. ....llth....,1$92. .__
And the ~'~~-~
parties a£oresaid, by~ their said counael, their°~_ -
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and there in open Court conaenting that a decree ahould be-~ ~ry
entered by thla Court in pursuanee of and in accordance rv~th
the terms end conditions of the said stipulation sforesaid,
NOW THEREFOR~, IT IS HEREBY ORDF'RED, ad~udged and decreed .T~.
thst the t itle oP the pleintiff be, and it is hereby qui~~ed
as against the said dePendants to the said two tracts of land
set apart as Public Parks, in said stipulation fullg described
sa aforesaid, and the streets and alle~s as therein mentionad;
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and that the defendants have not, nor hava any or either-o=n° ~\
them, any right, title or claim of, in or to the said txo
traets o~ lend so set apart Por Publie Park purposea and in::
said stipuZation fully deacribed as sPoresaid, and tha st~eete~:.~'
and alleys as therein mentioned, upon condition however. ~. ~,:
AND IT IS HEF~EBY ADJTTD('"ED AND DECgEEI? that the said
p2aintiPf and ita sucessaor~ shall at all times and perpet~-• `-
ually keep and maintain -----_the said tRO tracts of 1sad~~sa°=~
set apaist Por Public Park~ and in said atipulation f'ully -de`~---~
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_~.cribed as afore~aid, as Public Parks, and shsll plant; ~=-
ta3n and keep growing and fn a healthy condit3on treea and:`'
g~.nnts therein, and in everg pay at all times hereafter an~_
perpetually keep said parks ~ve11. cared for. ~
IT IS AZSO FtTftTFiER ADJIIDGED AND DECREED that the said
plaintiPP and its suacesaors ahall make and at all timea kaeg
and maintrain auitab2e paths or-~e2king ~vaya through and e~~g;
over and across s~id parks aforesaid, and sha22 also make aad
at all timea keep and maintain across the said park Pronting
on the PaciPlc Ocean as aforesaid, suitable paths or'.wet~ing._i'_
ways running across said laet named park fram Ocean Auenue to
the Westerly surface edge of.said bluff ao as to connect-:w~:4
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ang atairways ahtch are now, or may hereafter be, erected~by~ ~,
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the dePendants, their heirs or assigns, on the land lying,ba~
t~een the Weaterlg surPace edge of_said b1uPP aPoresaid and.~ ~,,_,,
the beach on the PaciPic Oceaui Iging ia~ediately in .Pront ~o~::~: ,_
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the said property hereinbePore described and set apart for
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park purpoees, so as to enable tha said defendants, their
heirs and assigns, to a~ all times pass oner and across the •
said park snd down said stais~raqs to lands owned by them be ~
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law the surface edge of said bluPP and betrveen the Pacific
deean. . _. . ~
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IT ' I5_ FT7R2~R ORDEREU, ADJDIX~FD AND DECRF..ED tha~ the =:~.'~ ~'-
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plsiatlff has no'~right, title, interest or claim of, in.or~
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to any of_the other lats, traats, gieees or psrceZs of laa~ra:
desaribed in the co~plaint herein, or aay part or parcel ~2sere--
ot, and that the tit le of the dePendanta to all.af the laa~ds~•
deacribed in eaid ca~plsinta, other than and exoegting tha,=
said tza parcels hereinbelore set apsrt Por park purposes:sad..
in said atipnlation aforesaid t'ully deecribed, and the at~f~s
, and alleye aa~ in aaid atipulation mentioaed, ia hereby atcc"l~r-
Judged to be good and valib and their title thereto is hsrehT-
qnibted aa agaiaet olaims oi thd saiQ plstntitP, ita anoa~r~~
aors and asaigns. ;.
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_ A~D IT ' I3 F'VRTH~R ORI~ED, ADJIIDQ~BD AHD D~lCR88D that::t2~a:, -.
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plaintilf ahall regay to the defendants the actual costa b~°
the saiQ defendante paid in ereeting and plecsing a band atand
and seate between 4cean Avenae and the edge of said binPt in.
front af Bl~ek 198 as shown on said map aPoresaid, xhieh~sa~d
costs ahall be atated by the dafeadants ana agcerte,ined he~ein.
and theresfter when so paid said band atand and seata s~`~:~
beaame and be the proparty oP tha plaintifP far publie use 2n
connection with said patrk where nrnr laaated.
IT IS FURTHER ORDER~D, ADJIIDt3ED AND DECRESD that OcA~a.
~ Avenue aa shorrn on said map or plat aPoreaaid be and t.t~-sate
: is~hereb7~reduced to a uniSarm width oP One Huadred (1Q0~ :~~~}.
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~~,a`' shall be ~th~b Sonth Weeterly bovndary line ot Bloeka 198; .I7:~~=.,.. ,°
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Z48, 123, ,_98, 78, 50 and 25 aa ahown on uaid map or `pl~it `' :~-~=;_; .
sloresaid. -
dlso that Railroad Avenue ae ahown on said map shs1l b~
continued to the Oce~n Beach ia a direct line oP the names •
width oP aaid Avenne, and the asid Railroad Avernie so pro---
longed shnll be opened and graded.
Done in open Conrt th3s ilth day of February, 1~9~.-
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3TA3'L OF CALIFORI~IA, )
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COU~T? OF IA~ ANt3~S . )
I, T. H. YPARD, County Clerk and ez-officio Clerk of thee ~
Snperior Conrt, do hereby certif"F the foregaing ta be a ftr21,
true aiui correat copy ot the orig3ntl duQ~aeat In the case ~ot.'~`
3aata l~anic~ va. J. P. Jones et°-al., on =ile ia mT-o!liaa~
and that I ba~e earaPnlly eaaipared the aame with the or#gia~t~.'
Ilf 1-ITASSS iP8ERE0F, I have hereunto sat:m~;
(3ea1)~ hand and xfli=ed the seal of the 3uper3or~~
Court, thi~ llth day of Feb., 1892.
' T. H. 9Yard County Clerk.
(Signed) By S. 1V. Seaver DepatT.
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CITY OF SANTA MONICA
Council Chamber
Santa tRonica, CaI., Aug., 27, 1910
P/e, the undersigned, defendants in a suit
entitleds "Tawn of Santa Monica v. J. P. Jones, et -~
al.," whereby on the llth dag oP February, 1892, the
plaintitP therein acquired title t o a strip of land ia-
.. the city oP Santa Monica nou knawn as Linda Vista Park,
da hereby conaent that said city may lease that portion
of said strip of land now occupied by the Camera Obscura,
under such terms and conditions as said citp may deem
reasonable.
Johri P. Jones
By his attornev in fact
(Signed) Ray Jonas
Arcadia B. de Bak~r
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TH~' TOYPN OF SANTA MONICA, }
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--VS-- ) JUDG~ENT AND DECRBS..
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JOHN P . JONE'S AND )
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ARCADIA B. de BAKER, }
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This cause coming on regular2y to be heard on this the
.....llth... day of February, 1892, the g2aintiPP being re--
presented by its counsel, R. R. Tanner and ?V!. T. Allen, and
the defendants being represented by their counsel, We11s,
Monroe & Lee, whereupon a s~ipulation vrliich had been signpd ~
by and on behalf of the respective parties, was filed in this
action, which stipulation is in the words and Pigures follow-
ing, to-wit:-
IT IS HER'EBY STIPULATED and agreed b~ and betwsen and on
behalf of the plaintifP and defendants} respectinely, in ther-
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above entitled action as Pollouai- ~~ ~~
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That a~udgment and decrea of the Superior Court of:'the;-:-f
State oP Galifornia in and for the County of Loa Angeles, ms~
be rendered and entered in the above entitled action, award-
ing to the plaintiff above named, and quieting its title to,.
the f ollowing deseribed real proparty, to-wit:-
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All that aertain lot, traat, piece or psrcel of land
lying and being situate in the Town (now City} of Santa Mon-
ica, Count~ of Los Angeles, Stata of California, particularly
described as follovra, to-wit:-
Coamiencirsg at a point in Ocean Avenue as now shown on a
map or plat of the said Town oP Santa Monica, recorded in
Baok 39, page 45, et seq., oP Miscellaneous Records of the
~ County af Los Angeles, distant one hundred (100) feet South
~ ~ Westerly from the South Eaeterly corner of Block 198 of said ..
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Town of Santa Monica, where tha North westerly line of Ra11-.-
road Avenue, as ahoAn on said map, iP prolonged, would inter- '
~ seot the same, running thence North Westerly snd parallel_.:
with the South Westerly boundary of Bloeks 198, 173, 148,
123, 98, 75, 50 and 25 oP said Town of Santa &ionica as shoxa by
said map or plat aforesaid, to a paint one hundred (100} feet
South '~vesterly from the North P7esterl~ corner af said Block.
25 aforesaid; thence at right angles South Weaterly ta the-
upper surPace edge of the bluff fronting on the Pacific
Ocean; thenca Sautli EasterZy along and following the South
Westerly upper surPace edge~ o~ sa~B.'b1n~P' to--t8s :potnt in--
said South Weaterly upper surPace edge of said b1ufP dire~t-
lg opposite to the sauth 2asterly corner oP said Block 198'
aPoresaid, and on the North Westerly line of Railroad Avem~e, ;"~~
, if prolonged so as to intersect the same; thanee at right- ~~'
angles North Eastarly to the place of beginning. -
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TO HOLD P'S:RPSTUALI~Y as a Public Park, upon condition ho~r-
ever, that the said Town oP Santa Monica, plaintiff herein,`
or its succeseors, shall at all times keep said Public Park
planted in trees and planta and cared for as a Public Park, ~
keeping said trees and planta sa placed therein in a good
thrifty and growing condition, and the perk at all times we}.I
cared for; and also shall make, keep and maintain suitab2e
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paths or walking ways through and along said park, and a~sa-
suitable paths or walking ways across said park so as to=coa:
venientlg connect with any stairways ~ahich the defendants
herein, their heirs or asaigns, may have, erect or maintaia on.
the land lytng between the uppar South Westerly surface-edge.
oP said bluPf aforesaid and the beach on the PaciPic Ocea~,
lging immediately in front of the groperty hereinbefore de.--
acribed and set spart for park purpoaes, the intention baing;.,;.:
that the sa3d depsndants herein, their heirs and assi as ~~
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have the right at all times to pass over said patha ta such~~-
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stairways as they now~~hav~~, or may erect, ta enab2e them,~t~~ __..;.~
pass dorvn from the top oP said blu.ff to lands o~-ned by th~ ~""'
between the South Westerly upper edge of said bluff and the.
said Pacific Ocean, but no street or:~road;~otrher°than as
aforesaid, shall ever be pro~eetad, opened or used through::
or over said Public Park, nor_ shall any ditch, drain ar-gipe...
be cut or laid across the same so as to dischar.ge water or~^
sewerage over said bluff or on the beach below said bluff;:
eacept by the written consent of said dePendants, their he.~r's°~
and assigns, first had snd obtained.
AND SAID PLAINTIFF shall repsy to the dePendants the .F`~
costa by them paid in erecting and placing a band stand... ~~~ .~-'
sea~ta betwesn Ocean Avenue and the edge of sai:d b1uPP"i ~~~ ~
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Pront of Block 198, and thereaPter said band stand and sea~~~g~~.., ~~~~~p- -
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ahall become and be the property of the plaintiPf for pu~~ia.a, ,~.;;,~
use in cannectlon with said park where nou located. i~'~ ~.~,..>
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That in and by said judgment and decree aforesaid t2xer.e~-~- ~„~.
shall also be awarded to the plaintiff, and its title thsret_o -
quited, all that certain other lat, piece, block or parcel ~E:_
land lying and being situate in the said Tovm (now City} ofx ~,.:T~,
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Santa ~onica, as sho~n by said map aforesaid, County of Los.:.-
Angeles, State of California, particularly described as fo~=
lows, to-wit:-
That certain bloek which is bounded ~esterly by Seventh
Street; Northerlq by California Avenue; ~asterly by Fighth,~
Street, and Sontherly by Nevada Avenue, as aho~n and desigae:-
yy ted on said recorded map or plat aPoresaid, to be by the~aa~ct...
~`~ plaintifP perpetually maintained as a Public Park upon the~,
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coadition, however, that the said p3aintifP and its SIICGea~01~8"
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shall at all times keep the said b~ock so set apart for a -
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Public Park, planted in trees and plants, nhich treea and~`~~ `-~
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planta shall, by-the said p3~iatiff or its successors, as -~
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times be kept in a thriPtg and growing condition and sai$
park well cared fbr as a Public Park. '
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That the said plaintiff hereby disclaims all right, ti~fe,
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intereat or elaim oF, in or to any of the lota, bloeks, p~B=~
ces ar pareels of land, or portions thereof, claimed by it~_
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in its complaint in this action, other than the said two pe~.. =:._
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cels herein stipulated to be awarded to it, to be maintaiaec~~
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ignated and sh ~ on the said ma.p filed by,the dePendant
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oP Laa Angelea Countg, Which said atreets and alleys i
tlcean Avenue modified as herein provided, are hereby ded~ '~
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to publie use, and that in and bg said ~udgment and decre ?`=~"' ~
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herefnbefore provided for, it shall be ad~udged and decreei~~' ~~ -~-'~l
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that the laint iPP take nothin as t o an '"
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tracts, pieces oP parcels of land claimed by it in its sa~~~ f`~`-
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It is Purther stipulated and agreed that tha ~udgment
and decree ma~ be en.trered in tha above entitled action, ia~
accordance with the tera-s and conditions oP this stipulation,
upon the filing oP the same in said action.
1:T ZS HEREBY FURTIi'~'R STIPIILATED AND AGRE'ED that Ocean
Avenue, as shoxn on said map or plat aPoresaid, be, and the.
same ia hereby reduced to a untParm pidth oP one hunrlred-(1d0)
Peat, the North 8asterl~ boundary of which said Ocean Ave~s
shall be the South YPesterly boundar~ line oP Blocks 198, I73;-
' 148, 123, 98, 75, 50 snd 25, as ahown on said map or plat::a.=~^-
foresafd. Also that Railroad Avenue as delineated on satd°
map shall be continued to the Ocean Beach in a direct line
of the same width of said Avenue and the said Railroad Avenue
so prolonged shall be opened and ~raded.
(Signed) ~. T. Allen_and_R__R: Tanner-
Attorneys for PlaintifP.
(Signed} VPells Monroe ~c Lse
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Attornegs for DePendants.
Dated Los Angeles, Cal., Feb. ....llth....,1892. --,_
And the parbies aforesaid, b~ their said counael, thea~°: ~°"~~~~
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and there in open Caurt consanting that a decree ahould be-- ~
entered by thls Court in pursuance oP and in accardance ~rtth
the terms and conditiona of the said stipulation aPoresaid,.
NOW TBERF.FOR~, IT IS FiEREBY ORDF'RED, ad~udged and decreed ~
that the title oP the pleintifP be, and it is hereby quie~ed _
as againat the said defendants to the said two tracta of land
set apart as Public Parks, in said stipulation fully described
as aforesaid, and the streets and allays as therein mentioned;.
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and that the de2'endants have not, nor havs an9 or either oP~
them, any right, title or elaim of, in or to the said txa.
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tracts o~ land sa set apart for Ptzblic Park purposea and in:~ }i
said stipulation f'ully described ea afore~sid, and the atreet~
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and allsys as therein mentioned, upon condition hawever. ,(,
~ IT I S HEREBY AI}JU1~G'ED AND DECRE~'D t hat t he s a id
plaintiPP aad its succeaeors ahall at all times ~nd perpati->
ually keeg and maintain -----..the safd tRO traets of land{aa~=
set apax~t for Public Parks and in said.stipulation fully~8e-~~
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.scribed ae aPoresald, as Public Parks, and shall plant, mar~i=-
tain and keep grawing and in a heaZthy condition treea and~~
p~.ants therein, and in every xay at aZl times hereafter ea~_
perpetually keeg said parks pell cared for.
IT IS AISO FtTRTHER ADJUD('ED AND DECREED that the s&id
plaintifP and its successors shall make and at all timea kaeg
and main~ain suitable patha or walk~ng waye through and a~~iag,
over and acrosa ssid parks aforesaid, and shall also make and
at all times keep and maintain across the seid park fronting
on the Pacific Ocean as aParesaid, suitable paths o~:.v¢~~ing_
waqs runn3ng aerosa eaid last named paxk from Ocean Avenue to
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this Westerly aurPece edge oP.said b1afP so as to connect-w~.-
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anp stairways ~hich are now, or may hereafter•be, erected bg~
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the defendants, their heira or assigna, an the laad lying be~
tween the Weaterlp aurPace edge of said b1ufP aPoresaid aad:: ~,_
the beach on the Paeific Ocenn lging immediately in.front.o~•.:~
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the said property hereinbefore described and set apart for
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park purposea, so as to enable tha said defendants, their
heirs end asaigns, to a~ all times pass over and acrosa the•
said park and down said 9tS~Y'1-&~9 to landa oaned by them bs-
low the surface edge of said bluPf and•between the Pacific •~e
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dcean. , ,,. _ : _ , _ ~,-:~.g-. -w=TM='=
IT ' IS_ FRTRTI~R ORDERED, ADJIID(~FSD AND DECREED th~~ the ~. ~= t :`'~"',
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plsintiff has na~.right, title, intereat or claim of, in or•
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to any of tha other lots, tracts, piecas or parcels af :lanc2.~
flescribed ia the caffiplaint herein, or az-y part ar parcel tlsers--
02', and that the title of the defendanta to all-of the la~da}.:
describeQ ia aaid ca~plaiata, ather than and excepting tha.~-
eaid t~a parcels hereinbefore se~ apart for park purposess~d,:.
in said stipnlation efore~aid fully desaribed, and the et~r~ts
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and alleys ea in said atipulation menttoned, ia herebT ad~~~-
~udged Lc be good and valiQ and their titlett-ereto is hereaT_-
qutbted as against claima of the said plaiatifP, its snaaes~
sore aad asaigns. ~~`
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,_ AHD IT ' IS F[TRTH'8R ORD~EtED, ADJVDffED AND D'~CFtBBD that_:tl~r.
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plaintilt a}tall repay ta the defendants the aatnal costs b~~
the an3Q detendants paid in arecting and pleaing a band stand.
and sesta betwaen 4cean Avenue and the edge oP said binft in__
front of Block 198 ea ehrnm on said map aPoresaid, which~safd
costs shall be stated by ths dePendaats and sscertained he~tia
and thareatter when ao paid asid baad etand and aeata s~.~x
beooma and be the proparty of the plaint3fP Por pub23c uae Sn
connectton wfth eaid park where now located.
IT IS FtJRTHER ORDERED, ADJIIT~Q~'ED AND I3ECRESD thitt OC~aa .
Avenne as ehor~n on said map or plat aforasaid be and the aiae
is~herebT-reduced to • unltorm ~idth of ans Hnndred (100? `T ~
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~dst; thi~ 8orth 8aaterl~ bonndary o!. which aaid Oaeaa Aveaas::~ _~ .-
shal]. be ths Santh Weeterly bonndary line oP Blocks 198; 1'~~ -
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I48, 123,, 98, 7S, 50 aad Eb as ahrnm an said map or~plat `~~- -~~;;~ .
aforesaid.
Also that Railroad &venue as aho~n cn said map ahall bar
continued to the Oce~n Beach in a direct line of the sama~ •
width oP said Avenne, and the eaid Railroad Avenue ao pro--
longed ahall be opened and gracled. ,
Done in open Court thfs llth dag of February, 189L.-.
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SR'dTL QF CALIFORNIA, )
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COU~TY OF IA8 ANt3~3. )
I, T. H. i~ARD, Gonnty Clerk and ex-officio Clerk o~ tht~
Suparior Conrt, do hereby certiY"p the foregaing to ba a itrll,
trne end correct copy oS the or3g3na1 Judgment Iu the caas~ot~"'
santa ltanic• va. d. P.' Jones et a2., on file in mT-offiaay.
and that I htRe earefu2ly coaspared the asare wtth the origina2-.
IH 1-ITl~SSS iP~fi$OF, I have hsrennta aet:.a~-.
(3aal)- haad and altize3 the seal of tha 3upsrior_-
Court, thia llth day oP Feb., 1882.
T. $. l~srd County Clerk.
(Signed) By 3. 1P. Seaver DepntT.
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CITY OF SANTA MdNICA
Council Chambar
Santa Pdonica, Cal., Aug., 27, 1910
VYe, the undersigned, def'endants in a suit
entitled: "Tbxa af Santa Monica v. J. P. Jones, et-
sl.," whereby on the llth day af February, 1892, the
plaintlfP therein acquired title ta a strip of land in
,- the city of Santa b2onica now knopn as Linda Vista Park,
do hereby conaent that said city may lease that portion
of said strip of land now occupied by the Camera Obscura,
under such terms and conditions as said city ma,p deem
reasonable.
John P. Jones
Bg his attornev in fact
(Signed) Roy Jones
Arcadia B. de Baker `
(8igned) By ,~i. ~. Melverny her Atty, ~-_ ~,~y
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IN THF' SIIPERIOR COURT OF THE STAT~ dF CALZFORNIA IN
AND FOR T3E COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES.
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TH'3 TOWN OF SANTA MONZCA,
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This cause coming on regularly to be heard on this tha
, .....llth... day of February, 1892, the.plaintiPP being re--
' presented bp its counsel, R, R. Tanner and M. T, Allen, and
the defendants being representad by their counsel, Wells,
Monroe & Lee, whereupon a abipulation wliich had been signae~'
b~ and on behalf of the respeotive parties, was filed in this
aetion, which stipulation is in the words and figures follow--
ing, to-wit:-
IT IS HER'EBY STIPULAT~'D and agreed bg and betWeen and on
behalf of the plaintiPf and deYendants, respectinelg, in tha<
above entitled action as followa:- ~
I.
That a~udgment and decree of the Superior Court of:'the..::~
State of Califarnia in and for the County of Los Angelea, ms~
' be readered and entered in the above entitled action, award-
ing to the plaintiPf abone named, and quieting its title ta;
tha f ollowing described real property, to-wit:-
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All that certain lot, tract, piece or parcel of land
lying and being situate in the Town (now Cit~) of Ssnta Man-
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ica, Countg of Los Angeles, Stata of California, particularly
described as fallov-s, to-wit:-
Coaunencirsg at a point in Ocean Avenue as now shown on a
map or plat of the said Town of ~anta Monica, recorded in
Book 39, page 45, et seq., of Miscellaneous Records of the
Countp of Los Angeles, distant one hundred (100} feet Sauth
4Peaterl~ from the South Eaeterly corner of Bloek 198 of said
Town of Santa I~onica: where tha North Weaterlg line of Rail-~-
road Avenue, as aho~vn on said map, if prolonged, would inter- '
~ sect tha same, running thence North Westerly and parallel-:
Kith the South Westerly boundar~- of Blocks 198, 173, 148,
123, 98, 75, 50 and 25 oP said Town of Santa Rrionica as showa by
said map or plat aforesaid, to a paint one hundred (100) feet
South 1~esterl~ from the North PTesterl~ corner of said Block.
25 aforesaid; thence at right angles South Westerly to the
upper surfaee edge of the b1ufP fronting on the Facific
Ocean; thence South Easterly along and following tha Sout2r
VPesterly upper surPace edge~: o~ sa~8."bin~f' torbha~-potnt in
Y P ace o eg nn ng.
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TO HOLD PF;RPETUALLY as a Pub].ic Park, upon condition how-
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ever, that the said Town oP Santa Monica, plaintifP herein,
said South Westerly upper surPace edge of said b1uPP dire~t-
ly oppoaite to the Sonth 'Easterly corner of said Block 198=
aforesaid, and on the North 1~Geaterly lina oP Railraad Avem~e:~ "~ ~
1P prolonged so as to intersect the same; thence at right- ~'~~
engles North Easterl to the 1 P b i i ~
or its sueceasors, shall at all timea keep said Public Park
planted in traes and plants and cared for as a Public Park, ~
keeping said trees and planta so plsced therein in a good
thrifty and ~rowing condition, and the park at alI times well
cared for; and also shall maka, keap and maintain suitable -..
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paths or walking ways through and alang said park, and alao
suitable paths or ~alking wags aeross said park so as to.coa:-
venisntlg connect with any stairmays ~hich the defandants:
herein, thelr hairs or assigns, ma~ have, erect or maintafa on .
the land lying betx~en the upper South Weaterly surfaee-edg~:.:
of said b1uPP aforesaid and tha beach on the Pacifie Ocean;_
lging ivmtediately in front oP the propert9 hereinbePare de=~--
scribed and sat spart for park purpoaes, the intention be~.~. -
that the said de endants herein their heirs and assi ~'~~ ~
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hsve the right at all times to pass over 9aid paths to snc~c~:•_
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stsirways as the~ now•~hsga, or ma~ erect, '~o enable them.~t'~`~
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pess do~m from the top of said bluff to lands owned by theY~~~ °°"
between the South Westerly upper adge of said bluf'P and ths_
said PaciPic Ocean, but na street or:~road;.otrher°:thaa as
aforesaid, ~hall ever bs pro~eated, opened or used throug2t::
or over said Public Park, nor shall any ditch, drain or-pipe._
be cut ar laid across the same so as to discherge water or~
seeerage aver said blufP or on the beseh below ssid bluPP;
eacept by the written consent of said dePendants, their he.~rs~~
and assigns, first had and obtained.
AND SAID PLAINTIF'F shall repa~ to the defendants the `rv
casts by them paid in erecting and placing a band stand.,~~ ~~:,`
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seats betrwean Ocean Avenue and the edge of said blufP"i
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front oP Block 198, and thereaPter said band stand and aea~~.~.
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shall become and be the property of the plaintiPf for putr~Zc.... ,~;a
use in connection with said park where now located. i~~`~ ,~;,;~.-
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That in and by said judgmeat and deeree afaresaid tlzer.~ ~;~:
shall also ba awarded to the plaintiPf, and its title there~o -
qufted, all that certain other lot, piece, block or parcel.,p~:_
land lying and being situate in the said Torrn (now City) of ~ .~„~
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Santa Monica, as shown by said map aforesaid, County oP Lna-~
Angeles, ~tate of CaliParnia, particularly described as fa2--
lows, to-witz-
That certain block whieh is bounded Westerly by Seve~h
Street; Northerly by California Avenue; ~asterly by ~ighth~
Street, and Southerly by Neeada Avenue, as sho~n and designs-
~y ted on said recarded map ar plat aforesaid, to be b~ the-a~#~..
~~` plaintiff perpetusllg maiutained as a Public Park upon the~ _
~,~,~ .~
,~ condition, hnwever, that the said piaintiff. and its succear~o~s° ~-
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"' shall at all times keep the said bZock so set apart for a_~,~d~ ~,_ =
Public Park, planted in trees and plants, nhich trees and~`~=`~~ ~`--
F~~ ._
plants shall, by-tha said pl~intiff ar its successors, a~.a1s~~~~.;_
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times be kept in a thriPtp and growing condition and said
park weZl cared for as a Public Park. ''
IZI.
That the said plaintiff hareby diselaims all right, tltfe,
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intereat ar claim of, in or to any af the lota, bloeks, p~'-~ ~r,-
ces or parcels of land, or portions thereof, clalmed by it~.__ -,-
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in its aomplaint in this aetion, other than the said two psry- ;~:-
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cels herein stipulated to be aararded to it, to be maintained` -
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! as Public Parks aforesaid, and the streets and alleys as~de~ "~
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ignated and sh ~ n on the said map filed by-,the defendant~8
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._ . recorded in.Book 39, page 45;" et-°seq.,. of~:-Miscellaaeous~,. _:
`° F oP Laa An elea Count _ °"n-~ -; Y
g y, whieh said strseta and alleys i;
Ocean Avenne modified sa herein provided, are hereby dedi ~
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to public use, and that in and bg said judgment and decre ~' ~'*`
hereinbePore provided for, it shall be ad~udged and deare~e~~ '"~, .-~~`#
that the p2aintifP take nothing as to anp praperty, lots;.
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tracts, pieces oP parcels of land claimed by it in its sa:
complaint, other than the said two parcels hereinbefore pY
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~`_= vided for to be awarded to the plaintifP as Public Parks,,
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~~ '; the ; aLreata snd' ~}.~.sys sa--aforesaid. - • _ - r~:~~
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IV.
It is .flirther stipulated and agreed that the ~udgment
and decree may be eatared in the above entitled action, ia.,_
accordanee with the terina and conditions of this stipulation,
upon the filing oP the same in said action.
IT IS HEREBY F'tTRTE'~R STIPIILA~'ED AND AGREED that Ocean
Avenue, as shown on said mQp or plat aPoresaid, be, and the.
same ia hereby reduced to a untfarm widtB of one hundred -(lEJO)
Peet, the North Wasterly boundary oP which said Ocean Avem~te
shall be the South IHeaterlg boundary line oP Blocks 198, 173;
148, 123, 98, 75, 50 and 25, as shown an said map or plat=a.-_.-~
foresaid. Also that Railroad Avenue as delineated on said
map shall be continued to the Ocean Beach in a direct line
af the same width of said Anenue and the said Railroad Avsnue
so prolonged shall be opened and graded.
(Signed) M. T. Al1en and R. R. Tanner
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Attorneys for PlaintifP.
{Signed? Wells Monroe & Lee
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Attorneys for Dafendants.
Dated Los Angeles, Cal., F~eb. ....llth....,1892. r__
And the parties aforesai8, by their said counsel, theaF•~_ "~`-'~"
.~~t~.
and there in open Court consenting that a decree should be-° ~F~
entered bs this Ca~zrt in pursuance oP and in accordance Mfth.
the terms and conditiona of the said stipulation aforesaid,
NO~P THERF.FOR~, IT IS HEREBY ORDF'RED, ad3udged and decreed ~.
that the title of the plaintifP be, and it is hereby quieted
as against the said defendants to the said two traets of land
set apart as Public Parks, in said stipulation fully described
as aforesaid, and the streets and alleys as therein mantioned;
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and that the defendanta have not, nor have any or eithar of~' ~\
them, any right, title or elaim oP, in or to the said txo ~
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tracts o~ land so sat apart Por Public Park purposea and in~_ ~~h
said stipulation flzlly deacribed as aPor~esid, and the atreet~•,~
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and alleys as therein mentioned, upon condition however. /
ADTD IT IS HEREBY AI}JUDG"ED AND DECREZD that the said
plsintiPP and 1ts successora shall at all times end perpet~--
ually keep and maintain -----..the said twa tracts of land°'~a°
set apax~ Por Public Parks and in said .atipul$tion fullg~de~-~
~
~cribed aa aforasaid, a$ Public Parks, and shall plant, ma~f.~1t'=-
tain and keep growing and in a healthy cond.ition treea and.'
p~anta therein, and in every eap at all times hereafter anQ_
perpetually keep said parks pell aaxed for.
IT IS AISO FtTRTHER ADJZTDGED AND DECREF.D that the said
plaintiPf and its successors shall make and at all times kaep
and main~ain suitable paths or welking ~vays through and a~~ag,
over and across said parks aPoreaeid, and shall also make and
at all times keep and maintain across the said park fronting
on the Pacifie Ocean as aforesaid, suitable paths or:.v~m~ing, ,
ways running aerosa said last named park from Ocean Avenue to
the Westerlg aurface edge ot_ said bltzff so as t o connect -w~: ~
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arr~ Stairwaya ~ehich are now, or may hereafter be, erectedYby~ ~
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the dePendants, their heira or aasigns, on the lsad lying b~
tween the Westerlg surface edge of said bluPP aPoresaid and ~ Y
the beach on the Paaific Oceetu lging i~cediatelp in .front-o€::.`
.
the said property here3nbefore desoribed and set apart for
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park purposes, so as to enable the said defendants, their
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heirs and assigns, to a~ all times pass aver and across the•
said park and down said stairxays to lands owned by them be-~
low the surface edge of said blufP and•betxeen the PaciPic ••e
deean. ~ , .: - .. ,~ ,~-8~ _ r~,_
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IT I3_ FtTRTAER ORDERED, ADJUDt3E,D AND DECREED that: the ~. ='' ;~ ;
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plsintlff has no~~ri$ht, title, interest or claim oF, in or~
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to aag of-the ather lota, tracts, p3ecea or parcels of laad...:
' deacribed in the complaint herein, or any part or p,arcel thers--
of, ~nd that the tttle aS the defendants to ell of the laadaw.
deacribed in said caoapl~inta, other than and eacegting t2~~
eaid two parcels hereinberore set apart for park purposes~u~..
in said stigulation aforesaid Pullg deacribed, and the at~~s~s
and slley$ aa in eaifl stipulation mentioaed, ia hereby ad~~-
~udged to be good and valiQ and their title thereto is here~-- -
quibted as againat clatima o! tlse said plotintilt, 1ts ancoes~
aore and asaigns. ~ :=~-~::
_ AHD IT' IS ~'iTRTfl'SR ORTJI6[tSD, ADJUD(~8D dND D~CRSED that_~t2tit~ ."
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plaintitt ahall rspay ta the defendants the aatual costs b~
the said defendanta paid in erecting and pleoing a band ~taud.
and seats betwaen Ocean Avdnue and the edge of said binff in_
frant oi' Blbek 198 ae ehown oa sai8 map aPoresaid, Rhich a~tid
coats sha12 be stated by the deYendaats azui a~certained heaerin
and thereafter when ao paid asid band etand and seats aha~~`
beoome and be the property oP tha plaintiPP for public use 4n
conneetton with said park where naw loc4ted.
IT I3 FURTH~R ORDERED, ADJIID48D AND DECRESD that Oo~nn.
~ Avenae as aho~a on said map or plat aPoreasid be and the sa~ta-
r is~herebTireduceQ ta a uniSorm.width oP Ons fitmdred (100j `~
i~ ~~~~ ~'~`~~:
- tiet; .tht~ I1c~rth Saaterly boanei+trg o!. ~rhich aaid Oeean ATeaics:~
f~`, ~
~~~ sh~11. be the Sonth i~esterly bonndary line oP Blocka 198, 12~n.. _°~
1
248, 123, . 98, 78, 5t1 and 2S as shown on said map or pl4t `:~ -~=~;_: .
aforesaiQ. -
A2so that Railroad Avenue ea ahown on aaid map shall b~t
cantinuad to tha Acean Beaeh in a direat line of the aame- ~
width of said Avenne, and the satd Railroad Avenue so pro--
longed ehall be opened and graded.
Done in open Conrt thia llth day oP February, 1898.-.
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(Signed) _,~Lucien Shaw------,-•----- - ,
~,~ Jndge oP the Superior Court . ``"~~`~°tl~` ~
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3T~TE OF CALIFORNZA, )
? 33. Ao. 1454Z
GOU~TY OF IA3 AN~~S. )
I, T. H. VYARD, County Clark and ez-officio Clerk oP tha~
Superior Court, do hereby certiPy the foregoing ta be a ftir21,
true anci corraet copy of the original Judgmeat In the caas haf:.~
Santa ldonica va. J. P. Joaes etr° a2., oa tila in mT.o!lSos,r -.
and thtt I ha~e oarePn2ly comipared the sa~e w3th the ortgin~.
IS AIT1QS33 N~FiL+OF, I have hereunto ae~--aQ-~ ~
(3eal)~ hand and arfixed the seal af the Superio~-°
Court, this llth day aP Feb., 1892.
T. H. Ward County Clerk.
(Signed) By 3. 1F. Seaver DepntT~
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CITY OF SANTA MONICA
Council Chamber
Santa ?rianica, Cal., Aug., 27, 1910
We, the undersigned, defendants in a suit
entitled: "Toxn of Santa Manica v. J. P. Jones, et- -•
al.," whereby on the llth day af February, 1892, the
plaintifP thsrein acquired titZe t o a strip of lsnd in
__ the citg of Santa bionica nos kno~vn as Linda Vista Park,
do hereby conaent that said city may lease that portion
oP said strip of land now occupied by the Camera Obseura,
under such terms and conditions as said city may dsem
reasonable.
John P. Jones
By his attornev in faet
(Signed) Roy Jones
Arcadia B. de Baker '
(Sfgned? By H. Yi'. 0. ~telverny her Atby. -
a~r.
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IN TFi~ SIIPFRIOR COURT OF TFiE STAT~' OF CALIFORNIA IN
AND F4R T3E COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES.
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TH~ TOVPN OF SANTA MONICA, )
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P L A I N T I E~F ,)
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JOHN P. JONES AND )
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ARCADIA B. de BAKER, )
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JUDGMENT AND DECREE«
This cause coming an regularly to be heard on this tha
.....llth... day of February, 1892, the plaintiPP being re--
presented b;q its counsal, R. R. Tanner and M, T. A11en, and
the defendants being represented by thetr counsel, Y~lells,
Monroe & Lee, whereugon a s~ipulation wliich had been siga~r3 '
by and on behalf of the respective partisa, was filed in thls
action, which stipulation is in the words and figures follow-
ing, to-wit:-
I2' IS HER'EBY STIPULATED and agreed bg and between and an
behalf of the plaintiff and defendants, reapectively, in tha.
_ ~R
above entitled actian as Pollosas-
Z.
That a fudgment and decree of the Superior Court aP.°tha-
State of California in and for tha County of Los Angeles, msT
be rendered and entered in the above entitled action, anatrd-
ing to the plaintiff above nemed, and quieting its title to;
the f ollowing described real property, to-wit:-
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AlI Lhat certain lot, tract, piece or parcel of land
~ying and being situate in the Tawn (now Cit~) of Santa Mon-
ica, Count9 of Los Angeles, Stata of California, particularly
described as follavrs, to-wft:-
Co~eneirsg at a point in Ocean Avenue as now shown on a
map or plat of the said Town of Santa Monica, rseorded in
Book 39, page 45, et seq., oP Miacellaneous Rpcords of the
~ County of Las Angeles, distant one hundred (100) feet South
~ Westerly from the South "Easterly corner of Block 198 of said-
~
~ Town of Santa Monice, where the North Weaterlg line af Rail-_-
road Avenue, as shoxn on said map, 3P prolonged, woulfl inter- '
aect the same, running thence North Westerlg and psrallel=
with the Sauth Westerly boundarg of Blocka 198, 173, 148,
123, 98: '75, 50 and 25 oP said Town of Santa &ionica as showa by
said map or plat aforesaid, to a paint one hundred (100} feet
South '+testerl~ from the North P~esterly corner af said Block
25 afaresaid; thence at right angles South Wester2y to the-
upper surf~ce edge of the blufP fronting on the Facifie
Ocean; thence South Easterlg along and following the S~uth
Westerly upper surface edge~ o~ sa~Q:°b1n~P" tortEis :potnt in-
said South Westerly upper surface edge of said blufP dirett-
Iy oppoaite to the South ~asterly corner oP said Bloek 188'=
aPoressid, and on the North Wester2y line oP Railroad Avemte;,. ''~
if pro2onged so as to intersect the same; thence at right- `~~
angles North Eeaterly to the place of beginning. ~ --
TO HOLD P~RP~'TIIALLY as a Public Park, upon condition hrnr-
ever, that the said Town oP Santa Monica, plaintifP herein,'
or ita successors, shall at all timea keep said Public Park
planted in trees and p].ants and cared for as a Public Park, •
keeping said trees and plants so plaoed therein in a good
thrifty and growing condition, and the park at all times we].I
csred for; and also shall make, keep and maintain suitable_>.
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patha or.walking ways through and alang said park, and ala:+a~
suitable paths or walking ways across said park so as to.con-
veniently connect with ang stairways whieh the defendant s;
herein, their heirs or asaigns, ma~ have, erect or maintaia on
the land lqing between the upper South Westerl9 surface-et~ge-
oP said b1ufP aforesaid and the beach on the PaciPic Oces~;.
lying immediatelg in Pront of' tha property hereinbefora de---
scribed and set apart for•park purpoaes, the intention be~.
: .r..,~.,
that the aeid dependants herein, their heirs and assigasr~<ffiay
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ave t he r t t at a l l t ime s t o
~ pass over said paths to stta~
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stairways as the~ nox~~hat~s, or may erect, to enable them.~t~~ -
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psss doRn from the top of said bluff to lands awned by thm ~. 'u"
between the South Westerly upper edge of said blufP and tlse_
said PaciPic Oceen, but no strest or~raad;.o~her~_thaa as:
aforesaid, ahall ever be pro3ected, opened or used thraugh'=
or over said Public Park, nor. shall any ditch, drein or pfge:_:
be cut or laid aaross the same so as to discharge water or~
sewerage over said bluPf or on the beach balon said bluff;
eacept by the written consent of said defendants, their he.~'s~
and asaigns, first had and obtained.
AND BAID PLAINTIFF shall repQy to the defendants the~~ _
costa by them paid in erecting and placing a bend atand..:. .~~_
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sents between Ocean Avenue and the edge oP safd bluff"i _. ,~~; _ f_x
front of Block 198, and thereaPter said band stand and sas~..., '
,°~a ~ ~t ~ =
shall beeoaze and bs the propert~ of the pZaintiPf for pu~~1~.,, ,~;~~
use in connection with said park where now located. ~'~-~ _~.~,.~w
j ~ ~" .~N, f--`~v',!~. II.
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That in and bp said judgment and decree aforesaid ther~ ~.,~:
shall also be awarded to the plaintiff, and its title there~:o -„
quited, all that certain other lot, piace, block or parcel~~:~ _
land lying and being situate in the said Town {now City} oSr; _:;~~.
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Santa ~onica, as shown by said map aforeesid, County of.Lna:::.
Angeles, State of California, particularly described as fo~=-
lows, to-wit:-
That certain bloak which is bounded ~esterly by Severrth
Street; Northerlp by California Avenue; ~asterly bp Fighth__
Street, and Southerly by Navada Anenue, as shoxn and desiga~:
ted on said recorded map or plat aPoresaid, to be by the-aa#d--
plaintiff perpetually maintained as a Public Park upon th~:.
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candition, hawever, that the said p2aintiPP. and its succea orsy ~-
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shall at all times keep the said b~ock so set.apart for a~ ~
~;.~.~.,.
Public Park, planted in trees and plants, ehich trees ant~~-~"'~-~'~ "_ ~-
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planta shall, bg- the said pi~intiff or its successors, a~~.al~.~ '~`r`'
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times be kept in a thriPty and growing condition and said ~
park well cared Por as a Public Park. ~
III.
That the said plaintiff hereby disclaims a11 right, ti~e,
intereat or claim of, in or to any of the lota, blocka, pi~Ei=~
ces or parcels of laad, or portions thereof, claimed by itw;
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in its complaint in this action, other than the said two psr :,--
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csls herein stipulated to be awarded to it, to be maintaine~}
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~ as Publie P$rks aPoresaid, and the streets and alleys aasdes.
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~ ignsted and sh ~ on the said map Pilsd by,the.defendant~ F
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recorded 1a Book 39, Page 45; et~-seq., of~_~Miscell"aneoua~ _
oF Los Angelea Countg, which said streets and ellegs ~i~ '"
: Ocean Avenue modiPied as herein provided, are hereby ded~ $...:;,~•~-~
to public use, and that in and bQ sald judgment and deere ~~` :
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hereinbefore provided for, it shall be ad~udged and decreec~~ "~
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that the plaintiPP take nothing as to any property, loLs~
traots, pieces oP parcels of laud claimed by it in its sa#~..;:.. '~
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complaiat, other than the said two parcels hereinbefore grDi-- ~.~~
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~~- vided for to be awarded to the plaintiff as Public Parks,.
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. the~atreets and s}lega sa_=aPoresaid: ,. ~ r.~;:~. ~
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IV.
It is flirther stipulated and agreed that the ~udgment
and decree may be entered in the above entitlad aetion, in.-
accordance with the terms and conditioas of this stipulation,
upon the filing of the same in said action.
IT IS HEREBY FTTRTH.~'~'R STIPIILA~ED AND AGRE~D that Ocean
Avenue, as shown on said map or plat aforessid, be, and the
same ia hereby reduced to a untform Ridth of one hundred-(1Qt~)
Peet, the North Wasterly boundary of wh3ch said Ocean Avernta
shall be the South i~eaterly boundary line oP Blocks 198, 1T3;
148, 123, 98, 75, 50 and 25, as shown on said map or plat~a.-~:-
foresaid. Also that Railroad Avenue as delineated on said
map shall be continued ta the Ocean Beach in a direct line
of the same width of said Avenue and the said Railroad Avenue
so prolonged shall be opened and graded.
(Signed) _M_ T. Allen and R. R. Tanner°
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Attorneys for PlaintifP.
{Signed? YPells Monroe ~c Lee
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Attorneys for DePendants.
Dated Los Angeles, Cal., Feb. ....llth....,1892. -,
And t he ~'°~-~
parties aforesaid, by~ their said counael, thea-•~:: -.
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and there in open Court consenting that a decree should be°- ~
entered b~ this Court in pursuance of and in accordance nrith
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the terms and conditions of the said stipulation aforesaid,
NOVP THEREFOR~, IT IS FiEREBY OR]~'RED, ad~udged and decreed `y.
that the title of the plsintiPf be, and it is hereby quib~ed
as againat the said defendants to the said two tracts of land
set apart as Fublie Parks, in said stipuZatian fu21y described
sa aforesaid, and the streets and alleys as therein mentioned;
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and that the defendants have not, nor have sny or either of~' ~\
t
them, any right, title or claim oP, in or to the said t~ra_ ~
tracts o8 land so set apart Por Public Park purposea and ia~ ~
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said stipulation f`ctlly described as aforeaaid, and the si~eet~ - t~
and slleys as therein mentionad, upon condition however. ~. < f
~~=S HEKEBY A~JU]X"ID AND DECREED that the said
pZaintiPP and ita suceeaeora shall at all times and perpet~-~" ..
ually keeg and meintsin -----_the said t~o ~racts of land~~ a•~
aet apart Por Public Parka and in said stipulation fullyyds-~-~
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~cribed aa aforeeaid, as Public garks, and shall plant, ms~.~ -
tain and keep growing and in a healthy candition treea and~'
g~.anta therein, and in every way at all times hereaPter and_
perpetually keep said parks ~vell cared for,
IT IS AISO FURTAER ADJUDGED AND DECRF'ED that the said
plaintiPP and its suecessors shall make and at all timea keeg
and main~ain suitabla paths or -~ralk~ng ways through and a~2'~ag,
aver and acrass said parks aPoresaid, and shall also make and
at sll timea keep and maintain across the said park fronting
on the Pacific Ocean as aforesaid, suitable paths or ,wa~ing__tj
ways running aeross said last named park from Ocean Avenue to
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the 1Nesterly aurface edge of_ seid bluff sa ss to connect-x~th.-.
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aay atsirways ruhich are now, or mag hereafter be, erectedYby~ ~~.;
the dePendants, their heirs or assigna, on the land lying,bs~ o,
t~een the Weaterly surPace edge oP said b1ufP aforesaid and..~ ±,~,
the beach on the PaaiPie Ocean lying immediatsl~ in.front~a~~,r -
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the said praperty hereinbePare deacribed and set apart for
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park purposea, so as to enable tha said dePendants, their
heira and assigns, to a~, all times pass over and across the .
said park and down said stairways to lands owned by them bs-~
low the surface edge of said blufP and•betxeen the Pacific ••
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I'F ` IS F'tFRT~R ORDERED, A.DJUD(}ED AND DECREED th~t the ~~. _' :~`*
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plsintiYf has no-~right, title, interest or elaim of, in ar°
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to any oP._.the other lota, traets, ptecea or parcels of lsa$„~
deaeribed in the complaint herein, or sny part or parce2 thsre---
ot, and that the title oP the deferu~attta to all of the ls~ei~~:-
deacribed in eaid eomplainta, ather thaa and ex~epting the~:
said twa parcels hereinbelore set apart Por park pvrposeaRurd>.
in said stipulation aforesaid fully deacribed, and the at~i~s
and alleya aa in said stipulation mentionad, is hereby e~Q~:~-
~udged to be goad aad valid and their titlethereto is hsre~_-
qni~ted ss a$ainst claima of the saiQ pl~intiff, ita suece~e..~
aors and aasigna. =~~-;:
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.-- AHD ZT I3 Fi1RTH~R ORLI~RED, ADJIID(3ED AHD D'BCRESD that_~tl'sa° -.
plalntitl" ahall repsy to the defendaata the aatnal costs b~
the saiQ defendanta paid in erecting and pleaing a band etand
and seats between Ocean Avenue and the edge of said binff in-:
front oP Blnck 198 as ahown on said map aPoresaid, Rhich said
~oets sha22 be atated by the dePendanta and a~certaiaed ha~eia
and thereaiter whea so paid eaid band atsnd and esate s~~°
beoame and ba the proparty oP the plaintiPP for public use sa
connection with asid park where now located.
IT I3 FORTHER ORDERED, AD.TUDt3ED AND DECRESD that Ocbaa.
~ Avenne as shown on said map or plat aforesaid be and th~e aanar
<~ ia herebT~raduced to a uniSorm width of Qne Hnadred (lOQ~ `'
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,- t"dst; .thir~ North Baaterly bonadary of. w2~i.ch aaid Oasan ~vamcr.~
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~r`' sba12 be the Sonth Weaterly bonndary lSzie o1' Bloeka 198, I'L~-Y.... ~~
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Y48, 123, , 98, 78, 50 and 2b aa ahoMn on aaid map or pla;t ~' :~ --~_:: .
aforesaid. __ _, _..
A2.so that Railroed Aven~za as ahoxn on aaid map ehs1l b~ -
cantirnied to the Ocean Besch in a direct line of the eame• •
width of said Avenne, and tha astd Railroad Avenue so pro--
Iongsd shall be opened and graded.
Done ia open Court thts llth day of February, 189L.-
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_ (Signedl Lucien Shaw ...; ~,~,;
Judge oP the Superior`Court . x~'~~::~
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) 33. I~o. 14541
COU~TY QF IAS AN(~E"L'ES . }
I, T. H. YYARD, County Clerk and ez-oPficio Clerk of th~:•
Superior Court, do hereby certii'p the foregoing to be a ttr31,
true and correct copy of ~he origtns.l Jud~aent Iu the case-~ot"
Saata ldonf.c~ va. J. P. Jaaes et-• a2., on t'IIe in m1-oft'ioe~
and that I ha~e carefn2ly aaapared the aame with the origias2.
IH AITHS3S RS~KEOF, I have herennto es~.a~-;
~segl~- hand aad atfise8 the eeal of the Superior-
Court, thia llth day oP Feb., 1892.
T. H. iYard County Clark.
(Signed) B~ 3. 1N. Seaver DeputT.
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GOPY
CITY OF SANTA MONICA
Council Chamber
Santa PQonica, CaI., Aug., 27, 1910
We, the undersigned, defendants in a suit
entitled: "Toxn of Santa Monica v. J, P. Jones, et-
al.," wherebg on the llth day oP Felaruary, 1892, the
plaintifP therein acquirad title to a strip of land in
- the city of 5anta bSonica now knovn as Linda Viata Park,
do hereby consent that said city mag lease that portion
oP said strip of land now occupied by the Camera Obsoura,
under such terms and conditions as said cit~ ma,y deem
reasonab~.e.
John P. Jane9
Bg his attorney in fact
(Signad) Roy Jones
Arcadia B. de Baker '
(3igned) By . VF. Q. Me2verng her Att~. ~
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ZN TH~' SUF'ERIOR COIIRR' OF TI3E STAT~' OF CALIFOF.NIA IN
AND FOR TFiE COUN'.PY OF L(}S ANGFLES.
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TFi'3 TQWN OF SANTA MONICA, )
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JOHN P . JONF'S AND )
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ARCADIA B. de BAKER, )
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JUDGb6ENT AND DEC~.
This cause coming on regularly to be heard on this the
.....llth... day of February, 1892, the. p2aintiPP being re--
presented by its counsel, R. R. Tanner and N!. T. Al1en, and
the defendants being represented by their counsel, ~lells,
Monroe & Lee, whereupon a sbipulation Nliich had been signHe~
by and an behalf of the respective partiea, was filed in thia
aetion, which stipula~ion is in the words and ~igures follow-
ing, to-wit:-
IT IS HEKEBY STIPULAT~D and agreed by and batwsen anti on
behalf of the plaintiff and defendants, respectively, in thQ-
abave entitled setion 8s followa:-
I.
Th~t a~udgment and deeree of the Superior Court of ~tha:= .
State of California in and for the Countg of Los Angelea, mss
be renderad and entered in the above entitled action, awerd-
ing to the plaintiPf above named, and quieting its title ta,
the f allowing described reel property, to-wit:-
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~11 that certain lot, tract, piece or parcel of land
lying and being situate in the Town (now City) of Santa ~on-
ica, County of Los Angeles, State of California, particularlq
described as folla~rs, to-wit:-
Coaunenoiisg at a point in Ocean Avenue as now shown on a
map or plat of the said Town of uanta Monica, recorded in
Book ~9, page 45, et seq., oP N~iscellaneaus R~eords of the
Caunty of Los Angeles, distant one hundred (1Q0) feet South
R'ssterly from the South Easterl~ corner oF Block 198 of satd .
Town of Santa ivionica, where the North ~Festerly line oP Rafl- -
road Avenue, as eho~vn on said map, iP prolonged, would intar- '
sect the same, running thenee North Westerly snd parallel:
reith the South Wasterly boundary Of B],OC~C9 198, 173, 148,
123, 98, 75, 50 and 25 of said Town of Santa bionica as showa by
said map or plat aforesaid, to a point ane hundred (100) feet
South ~Yesterly from the North P7esterl~ corner of said Bloek
25 aforesaid; thence at right angles South YVeaterl~ ta the
upper surface edge of the blufP fronting on the Facific
Ocean; thence Sauth Easterly along and following the South~
Westerly upper surface edge~ o~ sa~8:°b1nEf':tortha~:po~nt in-
said South Weaterly upper surface edge of said b1uPP direat-
ly oppasite to the South ~as~erly corner of said Block 198'
aforesaid, and on the North Westerly line of Railroad Aveaua~ "~'__
iP prolonged so as to interaect the same; thence at right~ j~~
angles North Easterly to the place oP beginning. ~ -
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TO HOLD P~;RPE'TUALLY as a Pub2ic Park, upon condition ho~-
ever, that the said Town of Santa Monica, plaintifP herein,«~
ar ita suceessors, shall at all times keep said Public Park
planted in trees and plants and cared for as a Public Park, .
keepfng said tress end plants so placed therein in a gaod
thrifty and grov-ing condition, and the park at all times we21
cared for; and also shall make, keep and maintain suitable
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paths or:rvalking wa~s through and along said park, and alav-
sultable paths or walking ways aeross said park so as to=co~:-
veniently connect with any stairways which the defendants.
herein, their heirs or assigns, may hava, erect or maintain an
the land lying betxeen the upper South Westerl9 surface-edge-
of said bluff aforeaaid and the beach on the Pacific 0ceeg;:
lying inartediately in front of the propert~ hereinbefore de'-~--
seribed and set apart for~park purpases, the inten~ion be~:.
that the said dependants herein, their heirs and assi ns ~"~~
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have the right at all timea to pass over said paths to su~~
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stairways as thag nowc,ha~e, ar may ereet, to enable them~t"~;.»_ ~
psss down from the top oP said bluff to lsnds owned by th~ `"'~
between the South Westerly upper edge of said bluff and the:.
said PaciPic OC98riy but no street ar>road;:ot~her~:than as:
aforesaid, shall ever ba pro~ectefl, opened or used througYt::
or over said Public Park, nor shall any ditch, drain or. pfpe:.:
be cut or laid across the same so as to diacharga water or~
seFarage over said b1ufP or on the beach below said h1uPf;
except bg the written consent of said defendants, their he.~s°
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and assigns, first had and obtained.
AND SAID PLAIP]TIFF shall repey to the defendants the~ ~
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costs by them gaid in erecting and placing a band stand__, .~.~-,
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sents be~ween Ocean Avenue and the edge oP asid b1ufP;'i
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front oP Block 198, and thereafter said band stand and sea~a~.
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shall become and be th~a property of the plaintiPP for pub2i~.,. ~.,
use in connection with said park xhere now located. ;~-~ :~,~~:
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That in end by said judgment and decree aforesaid thO~ ,-~.
shall also be awarded to the plaintiff, and its title thare~o
quited, all that certain other lot, piace, black or parae3...pt__:.
land lyiag and being situate in the said Toxn {now City} of~:' ,_„~,_~.,
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Santa Monica, as shovPn by said map aforesaid, County of Laa:-
' Angeles, State of Californis, partiaularly described as fo2-
lowa, to-witt-
That certain block which is bounded 9Pesterly by Seventh.
' Street; Northerly by CaliPornia Avenus; ~asterly bq Fighth__
Street, and Southerly by Nevada Avenue, as sho~n and desigas:-
,~„ ted on said recorded msp or plat aforesaid, to be by the ~a~~.ct
'~°~ plaintiff perpetually maintained as a Publie Park upon the~,.
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~.~' condition, hnwever, that the said piaintiff and its succea~or~ ~
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shall at.all times keep the said b2ock so set apart for a~
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Publie Park, planted in trees and plants, which trees and~ ~~' :-.-
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plants shall, by the said p3aintiPf or its suceessors, s~^al~ ~~`
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times be kept in a thriftg and growing condition and said '~`
park weZl cared for as a Public Park. ~
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That the said plaintifP hereby disclaima all right, tit2e,
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interest or elaim of, in or to ang of the lots, blocks, ptit-~ ~.
ces or paroels of land, or portions thereof, claimad by it..~.
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in its complaint in this action, other than the said two ps~
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cels herein stipulated to be awarded to it, to be maintainecY
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as Public Parks aPoresaid, and the streets and alleys aa~d.ea .-
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ignated and sh~ n on the said map Piled by,the defendant~-
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recorded ia Book 39
, page 45, et-seq., oP'-Miscel2aaeous~ ~` ~:
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oP Los Angelea County, Which said streeta aad alleys i~ ~.;,'~
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Ocean Avenae modiPied as herein provided, are hereby ded~ ''
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, ta public usa, and that in and b4 said ~udgment and decre '"~`"'
hereinbePorQ provided for, 1t shall be adJudged and dea e~~ ,~;~"#
that the plaintifP take nothing as to any property, lots;~ ~'~
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tracts, pieces of parceis of land claimed by it in 3ta sa~ct.,~
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complaint, other than the said two parcels hereinbefore pr~ ~'_~
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~ vided for to be awarded to the plsintifP as Public Parka,
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, ~~ .. .~'~, .. . the a~reeta snd s~].egs , as_--aforesaid: ~~.~ ~ ~
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IV.
It is f'~rther stipulated and agreed that tha ~udgment
and decree may be entared in the above entitled aetion, in_:.
accordance ~ith the terms and conditions of this stipulation,
upon the filing oP the same in said action.
I`i' IS HEREB"Y FURTBEH STIPULATED AND AGRE~D that Ocean
Avenue, as shown on said map ar plat aforesaid, be, and the.
same is herebg reduced to a untPorm pidth of one hunrlred-(1d0)
Peet, the North '~aster2y boundary of which said Ocean Ave~s
shall be the South VYesterly boundary line of Blacks 198, 173;
148, 123, 98, 75, 50 and 25, ae ahown on said map or plat>a~
Poreaaid. Also that Reilrosd Avenue as delineated on safd`
m$p shall be continued to the Ocean Beaeh in a direct lins
oP the same width oP said Avenue and the said Railroad Avenue
so prolonged shall be opened and graded.
(Signed~ M. T. Allen and R. R. Tanner-
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Attorneys for PlaintifP.
(Signed~ VPells Monroe & Lee
~ Attorneys for Defendants.
Dated Los Angeles, Cal., Feb. ....llth....,1892.
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And the parties aforesaid, by their said counsel, then-•- ,
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and there in open Court consenting that a decree should be-- ~
entered by this Court in pursuance af and in accordance with.
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the terms and conditiona of the said stipulation afaresaid,
NOVP THEREFQR~, IT IS IiEREBY ORDERED, ad~udged and decreed ,~.
that the title oP the plaintiff be, and it is hereby quie~ec}
as sgainst the said defendants to the said two tracta of laad
se~ apart as Public parks, in said stipulation fully desoribed
as aforesaid, and the streets and allays as thersin mentioned;
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and that the dePendants hane not, nor have any or either of~ ~~
them, ang right, title or claim of, in ar ta the said two ~
tracGs at land so aet apart for Public Park purposes aad in:~ ~'
said stfpulation Pully deacribed as aPore~sid, and the st~-eat~ ~
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and alleys as therein mentioned, upon conditian however. ~
~ND IT =8 H~REBY Al?.TU7~('ID AND DECREED that the said
plaintifP and its suceesaora shall at all times and perpet~•-~
ually keep and maintain -----_the said teo traets of landR~so~::
set apart fo~ Public Parks and in said atlpulation fully°de~~-~
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acribed as aPoreasid, as Public Parka, and shall plant, ~--
tain and keep gro~ring and in a healthy condition treea and:
p~.eats therein, and in everg Aay at all times hareaPter and_
perpetually keep said parks wrell cared for.
IT IS AISO FURTHER ADJUDGED AND DEGREED that the said
plaintifP and its suecessors ahall mske and at all times keeg
and main~ain auitable paths or walking xays through and al~ag,
over and aeross said parka aPoresaid, and shall also make and_
at all timee keep and maintain across the said park fronting
oa the Pacific Ocean as aPoresaid, suitable paths or.°.wm~ing._,.'
wags running acrosa said lsat named psrk fram Ocean Avenue to
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the Weaterl~ surYace edge of.said bluff sa as to conneet-w~-
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any atair~vays rvhtch are now, or may hereaPter •be, erected.:by~~
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the defendeats, their hefra or asaigna, on the land lying De,~,~-. ,.:.
taeen the Weaterly surface edge of said b1uPP aforessid aad.~. _~r_
the besch on the PaciPic Oceaw lging immer3iately in.Pront.oE~
.
the said property hereinbePore described and set apart for
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park purposes, so as to enable tha said defendants, their
heirs and assigns, tv a~ all times pass over and across the•
said park and down said stairways to land9 owned by them be.-~
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low the surface edge of said b1uPP and betReen the Pacific •
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IT'IS_FtJRTFL~'R ORDERED, ADJIIDaED AND DECREED that the_.. ~ ^-~~'.,; ,
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p2aintiff hsa no>right, title, interest or claim of, in or•
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ta any oP._.the other lota, tracta, pisces or parcels ot land:.::
' deaer~bed in the complaint herein, or aay par~ ar parcel thers- -
of, and that the title of the dePendsata to all.of the lant3s~-
deacribed in said eaanplainta, other thaa and excegting thaa:: _
said t~ro parcels hereinbeiore aet apart for park purposes R-sa~d:.
in ssid atipulation aforesaid fully daecribed, and the at~~~s
and alleye as in said atiptxlation menttoned, ia hereby ad.~~
~udged to be good and valid and their title thereto is hsrebf,°-
qnibted sa againat cla3ma of the saiQ plaitttifP, ita ano~es*•~`-
eore and aaaigns.
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.-_ AHD ST I3 FIIRTH~R ORD~RED, AATIIDt38D AHD D'ECK88~ tha~::'tl~a° .'
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plaintitP ahall repay to the deferjdaats the actnal costs b~
tha saiQ defendanta paid in erecting and pleoing a band ataad
and seate between Ocean Avenue snd the edge of said b1ufP in-
Pront of Bldck 198 sa •hown on said map aPoresaid, xhieh~safd
coats aha21 be atated by the datendanta aad ascertained ha~ain
and thareafLer when so paid aafd band stsnd affi aeats s~rs2T'~~
beaame and ba the propart~ of the plaintiPP for publie use 4n
connectton with said pau~k where no~ located.
IT IS FTJRTHER ORDEKLD, ADJIID(#ED AND DECRESD that OC~4n..
:' Avenns as ahown on said map or plat aYoreaaid be and the-ai~ter
.~ is herebT~reduced to a unilorm width ot Ons Hundred (100~ -~ ~
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ta~ert; .th~~ ~orth 8aaterly banndary o!. which aaid Oasaa .AveaQS-~ -~
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~:` ahall be _t2~e Santh Westerly bonndary liae of Blccsks 198; .i'X~*-.... ;~
,
148, 123:,.88, 78, 5~ and 25 aa.shown on said map or'plat `'::;.,~ -~~...
af ore stid . -
A].so that Railroad Aventta sa ahorrn on ssid map ehall bd
continued to thd Aceqn Beach in ~ direct line of the same~ •
width of said Avenne, and the said Railroad Avenue so pro--
longed shall be opened and graded.
Done in open Court this llth day oP February, 289E.-
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_ ( 3igned ) _~Lncien_Shaw ,~~,~x~, ~
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Jndge oP~the Superior Court.
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STATS OF GALIFORNIA, }
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COUliT7C OF L03 ANt}~3 , )
I, T. H. VPARD, Conntg Clerk and e=-oPficio Clerk af the~_
Saparlor Conrt, do hereby certiPy the foregoing to ba a 2'tr12~
true and correc~ cogy of the origiaal Judgneent In the case*of~°
3anta idonica va. J. P. Jones° et° a2., on tiSe in mT-ofliae;
' and that I ha~e carePnlly comsparad the sance with the or3gint2.
ZH RZT2Q8SS 1P~Ii$OF, I have herennto aet:,~^- _
~seal~~ hend and a!lized the aeal af the Superior-
Caurta thia ll.th day of Feb., 1892.
T. H. %ard County Clerk.
(Signed) By S. N. Seavsr Depnty~
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CITY OF SANTA NaNICA
Council Ghamber
Santa *Fanica, CaI., Aug., 27, 1910
We, the undarsigned, defendants in a suit
entitled: "Town af Santa Monica v. J. P. Jones, et --
al.," whbreby on the llth day of February, 1892, the
plaintifP therein acquirad title to a strip of land in
_ the city of Santa hSottica nos knaan as Linda Vista Fark,
do hereby consent that said city may leasa that portion
oP said strip of land now occupied by the Camera Obscura,
under such terms and conditions as said city ma,p deem
reas4nable.
John P. Jones
By his attornev in fact
(Signed) Roy Jones
Arcadia B. de Baker `
( Signed) By H. Ni. 0, Melvern~ her Atty~. - -P .
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ZN TH~' SUPERI4R COURT OF TIiE STAT~' OF CALIFORNIA IN
AND FOR T3E COIINTY OF LOS ANGELES.
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THE T4WN OF SANTA MONICA, )
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P L A I N T I F F,)
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JOHN P. JONFS AND )
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DBFENDANT Sa,
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JUDGPQENT AND DECR$g.
This cause enming on regularly to be heard on this the
.....llth... day of Febrnary, 1892, the plaintifP being re---
presented bp its counsel, P,. R. Tanner and M. T. Allen, and
the defendants being represented by their counsel, 1Yells,
Monroe & Lee, whereupon a s~ipulation Nii2ch had been signpc~~
by and on behalf of the respective parties, was filed in thia
actian, which stipulation is in the worda and figures folZuw-
ing: to-wit:-
IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED and agreed by and between and on
behalf of the plaintiff and defendants, reapectively, in.the:
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above entitled acstioa as Pollowe:-
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That a judgment and decree of the Superior Gourt of_'tha;.,=M1 _
State oP CaliPornis in and for the County of Los Angelea, ms~
be rendered and entered in the above entitled action, awerd-
ing to the plaintiff above named, and quieting ita titla tat
the f olloeing deseribed real property, to-wit:-
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All that certain lot, traet, piece or garcel of land
lying and being situate in the Town (now City) of Santa ~on-
ica, Covnty of Los Angeles, State of Califarnia, particularly
deseribed as folloes, to-wit:-
Co~encirsg at a point in Ocean Avenue as now ahown on a-
map or plat of the said Town of ~anta Monica, recarded in
Book 39, page 45, et seq., of Miscellaneous Records of the
~ County of Los Angeles, distant one hundred {100) feet South
~~ R~esterly from the South Easterly corner of Block 198 of safd
Toan of Santa I~onica, where the North Weaterly line of Rail-_-
road Avenue, as shown on sait2 map, iP prolonged, would inter- '
~ sect the same, runtsing thence North Westerly and parallel-
with the South Westerly boundary of Blocks 198, 173, 148,
123, 98, 75, 50 and 25 of said Town of Santa HIaniaa aa shown by
said map or plat aforesaid, ta a point one hundred (100} feet
South ~'I~estarlg from the North Flesterl~ corner of said Black
25 afaresaid; thence at right angles South Westerly to the
upper surface edge of the b1ufP fronting on the Paoific
Qcean; thence SoutYi Easterly along and following the Sonth
Weaterly upper surPace edge~: o~ sa~Q.'bin~P' ta~tfla~pbtnt in~
said South Weaterly upper surPace edge of said b1uPP direet-
ly oppasite to the South ~asterly corner of said Block 198'
aPoresaid, and on the North Westerly line of Railroad Avemta:,<_ "`~
if pro2onged so as to intersect the same; thence at right- ~~
angles North Easterly to the place aP beginning. -
TO HOLD PE;RPETUALLY as a Pub11c Park, upon condition hor-
ever, that the said Toam of Santa Monica, plaintifP herein,'
or its successors, shall at all times keep said Public Park
planted in trees and plants and cared for as a Public Park, ~
keaping said trees and plants so placed therein in a good
thrifty and growing condition, and the psrk at all times Rell
cared for; and also shall make, kaep and maintain suitah2e.
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paths or.walking wags through and along said park, and a~ac
suitable paths or walking ways across said park so as to.con:
veniently connect with any stairways v~hich the defendants~
herein, their heirs or assigns, may have, ereet or maintaia on
the land lying betreen the upper South Westerlq surface edg~..
oP said b1ufP aforeseid and the beach on the PaciPie aceaa;. -
lyin~ immediately in front oP the property hereinbefore da--
aeribed and set apart for park purposes, the intention be~ng;,°,
that the said dapendanta heretn, their heirs and assi ns ~'~~~
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eve the right at all times to pass oner said paths to stt~.
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stairxays as they now°have, ar may erect, to enable tham~t~r:s. ~
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pass doan from the top oP said bluff to landa oxned by t~~~
between the South Y!~esterly upper adge of said blufP and the:.
said Pacific Ocean, but no atreet or=>road~.obher~=than as
afaresaid, shall ever be pro3ected, opened or used through:~
or over said Public Park, nor shall any ditch, drain or-pige._.
be cut or laid aeross the same sa as to discharga water ar~-
seaerage over said bluPf or on the beach below said bluPP;
exeept b9 the written consent oP said defendants, their he~s~
and assigns, first had and obtained. ^
AND SAID PLAIN'FIFF' shall repey to the defendants the ~__ ._, ___
costs by tham paid in ereeting and placing a band atand
seats bet~een Ocean Avenue and the edge oP safd b1ufP"i~
frant oP Black 198, and thereaPter said band stand and ses~~...
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shall become and be the property of the plaintifP for puit~3~ --
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use in connection with said park ~vhere noe located. ;.~~ ,~ ._>
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That in and by said judgment and decree aforesaid t~er.e~~- ~~
shall also be awarded to the plaintiff, and its title thare~a -
qu3ted, all that certain other lot, piece, block or parcel_,~~r.
land lying and being situate in the said Town {now City) of,' Y,;,s
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S&nta Monica, as shown b9 said map aforesaid, County of Los..- -
Angeles, State of California, particularly deseribed as fo2-~
lows, to-wit.-
That certain block which is bounded Westerly by Seventh ~
Street; Northerly by California Avenue; ~.astarly by ~'ighthr
Street, and Southerly by Nevada Avenue, as shoFn and desigae-
ted on said recorded map or plat aPoresaid, to be by the°a~fct-:~
plaintifP perpetually maintained as,a Public Park upon the~._
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caaditian, hc~Wever, that the said piaintifP and its succeaaor~
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shall at all times keep the said b2ock sa.set apart for s~;
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Public Park, planted in trees and plants, rhich trees anc~~~~~ s--
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plants shali, bg-the said p3sintifP or its successors, a~al~ ~,?'-~
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times be ke t in a thrift and '~'
P y growing condition and said
park well cared for as a Pub21c Park.
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That the said plaintiff hereby disciaims all right, tit:~e,
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interest or claim of, in or ta ang of the lota, blocka, p~~ ~,
oes or parcels of land, or portions thareof, claimed bg it:~:
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in ita camplaint in this action, other than the safd txo paa -
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cels herein stipulated to be awarded to it, to be maintaine
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* as Public Parks aPoresaid, and the streets and alleys as~dea
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ignated and shoen on the said map filsd by~.the dePendaats: J
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recorded in.Book 39, page 45, etrseq., oP'~Miscellsaeous~„. -
of Los An elea Count ~ ~
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Ooean Avenue modiPied as herein pravided, are hsreby de8~ -~--~
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to public use, and that in and bq said ~udgment and decre ~'
hereinbefore pronided for, it shall be adJudged and decresi~ `~~'i}
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that the plaintiYP take nothing as to any propsrty, lbts;;~ ~~ _"~~
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tracts, pieces oP parcels of land claimed by it in its sa~d.~;.. "' ,
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It is Purther stipulated and agreed that the ~udgment
and decree may be en~ered in the above sntitled action, ia.-
accordance with tha terma and conditiona of this stipulation,
upon the filing of the same in said action.
IT IS HEREBY FiTHTF~R STIPULA~ED AND AGRE~D that Ocean
Avenue, as shown on said map or plat aPoresaid, be, and the
same is hereby reduoed to a untPorm Aidth of one hundred (1~~)
feet, the Narth Wastsr].y boundary oP which said Ocean Avenue:
shall be the South VPesterly boundery line oP Bloeks 198, 173;"
148, 123, 98, 75, 50 and 25, as ahorvn on said map or plat a.-~--
Poresaid. Also that Railroad Avenue aa delineated on said
mep shall be continued to the Ocean Beach in a direct line
of the same width of said Avenue and the said Railroad Avenue
so prolonged shall be opened and graded.
(Signed) _M: T. Allen_and_R_ R. Tanner_
Attorneys for PlaintifP.
{Signed) Wells Monroe & Lee
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Attornegs far Defandants.
Dated Los Angeles, Cal., Feb. .,..llth....,1892, --_;
And the parties aforesaid, by their said counsel, thea°-•- ~~'
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and there in open Court coasenting that a decree ahould be- ~^`
entered by this Court in pursuance of and in accordance Nfth '
the terms and conditians of the said stipulation aParesaid!_
NOVP THERFFOR~, IT IS AEREBY ORDF'R~D, ad~udged and decreed ¢
that the title of the pleintiPf be, and it is hereby qui~~ed~
as againat the said defendants to the said two tracts af land
set apart as Public Parks, in said stipulation fully described
as afore~aid, and the streets and alleys as thersin mentionad;
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and that the defendants have not, nor hava any or either oP~` ~`t
tham, any right, title or claim oP, in or to the said two_ ~
tracts oL land so set apart Por Public Park purposes and in.:~ ~~
said stfpulatian Pully deseribed as aPoreasid, and the at~eetar
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and alleys as therein mentioned, upon condition hoxever.. ~ J-:
AND IT IS ~By ADdTTDGFD ARTD DEGRE?3'D t hat t he s a id
plaintifP and its auceessora shall at all times and perpet~-• ..
uatlly keep and maintain ------the said two traets of land^`sa~= `
set apart- foxr Public Parka and in said .stipulatian fully•de~-
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,_.scribed aa aPoresaid, as Public Parks, and shall plant, ms~C'=-
ta3n and keep growing and in a healthy condition treea and`-
p~.ants therein, and in every xay at all times hereafter and-
perpetually keep said parks ~rell cared for. ~
IT IS AI50 FURTHER ADJUDGED AND DECREED that the said
plaintifP and its successors shall make and at all times kaeg
and main~ain tntitable paths or°ws].k~ng ways thraugla. and e~e'~iig,
over and across said parks aforesaid, and shall also make and.
~t all times keep and maintain across the said perk fronting
on the PaciPic Ocean as aPoresaid, suitable paths or_.wa~ing_,+
weys running acrosa said last named park from Ocean Avenue to
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the Wasterly surface edge of. said bluff so as to conaect-wicl~.-
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any s~airwaye Rh3ch are now, or mag hereaPter be, erected~b~ •~
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the defendants, their helrs or easigna, on the land lying ber„~-„ ,.
tween the Wasterly surPace edge oP said blufP aforesgid ancl~ _~
the beach on the Pae3fic Ocean Iging imuzediateZy in .f'roat :o~~~
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the said propertg hereinbefore described and set apart for
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park purposes, so as to enab2e tha said defendants, their ~
heirs and assigns, to a~ all times pass over and across the•
said park and doRn said ataix~rays to lands owrted by them ba:~
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law the surface edge of seid blufP and betaeen the Pacific
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IT ' I5_ FURTHEH ORDERTsD, AUJtTDa'~sD AND DECRE'~D that the ~ °~ °
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plsintiff has no~right, title, interest or claim of, in or -
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to ~ny oP.tha other lota, tracts, piecea ar parcels af lan~.:
deacribed in the co~plaint here3n, or any part or parcei tlt,ere--
af, aad that the title of the defendanta to all- oP the lank3s:~.
deecribed in said cao~plsinta, other thaa end excepting th~:.
said two parcels hereinberora set apart for park purposesfaad..
in said atipalation aPoresaid iully desoribefl, and the at~r~s
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and slleys aa in said atipulation mentioned, is hereby ad~~-
~udged to be good and valid and their title ~ereto is her,sbf,°
qni~ted sa agaiast cla2m~ of the saiQ platatiff, its snaaea~:.=- ~
aars and assigna. ~~.
,_ AHD IT ' IS FITRTHER ORD~FtED, ADJIID(3~8D AND D~CI~88D th4t.';~t?~a- -'
plaintitf stull rspay to the 8efendanta the satnal coabs b~
tha said defendanta paid in eracting an8 placing a band atand
and sests betwaen 4cean Avenue end the edge oP said b1uPP in.
Pront of Blnck 198 as ehown on said map aPoresaid, xhich-safd
coats shall be stat.ea by tha dePendanta and eacertained hesein
and thereafter when ao paid aaid band stand sad aeats sh,a]x.~'=
beaame and be the property oP the plaintifP for public uae Sn
conneet3on with eaid park where nos loeated.
IT IS FiTRT$ER ORDER~D, ADdUDdg.D AND I}ECRESD that OCba72.
Avenue as aho~n on said map or plat aPareaaid be and the ea=e
ta berabT°reduced to a unirorm wiQth oP Ons Bnndred (1001 ~
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t'~st; .Eh~~ N6rth ~aatarly bonndary of. which a41Q Oce,sa 1ve~-~ ~;:
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shall be ~-the Sonth Weaterlg boundary line _ of Blooks 198; I'~;-~.. h~
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148, 123, , 98, 78, 5~ and 85 as shc~wn oa aaid map or glait `' _,`~,- ~~:. .
atoresaid. -
Also that Railrodd Avenue as aho~rn on aaid map ahsll be
continued to the Ocean Beaeh ia a direct line of the name~ -
w3dth of said Avenne, and the said Railroad Avenue so pro--
longed ahall be opened and graded. ,
Done ia open Conrt this llth day of February, 189Q.-.
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(~igaed) Lucien shaw .
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STgTE OF CALIFORI~IA, }
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COV~TY OF IAS ANt3'EL'ES. )
I, T. H. 9YARD, Connty Clerk and ez-officio Clerk o~ the~~
Superior Cotxrt, do hereby certiPy the foregoing to be a full,
true ~nd correc~ copy of the original Judgment In thd cassfiot'°
3anta 1d~mica va. J. P. Jones et al., on file in m7 ofliosf
pnd that I haRe carePu2ly caaapared the aa~e with the orfglna2.
IB RITPS'SS p~RLOF, I have herennt o set =m~ _
(3ea1)• hand and a1'lized the aeal of tha Superior°
Court, t.hia llth day af Feb., 1882.
T. H. 1Pard County Clerk.
(Signed) By S. W. Seaver DeputT.
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