California Court of Appeal

A property owner who makes improvements to its property after it was served with summons in an eminent domain action, and who fails to seek advance court approval of the improvements in the eminent domain action under Code of Civil Procedure section 1263.240(c), may not sue the condemning public entity in inverse condemnation for the value of the improvements.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/26/2004
• Published 03/26/2004

Judges

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
•  Redwine and Sherrill, Justin M. McCarthy, and David F. Hubbard, Riverside, for Petitioner., Brown, Winfield & Canzoneri, Edward J. Szczepkowski, and Michael H. Wallenstein, Los Angeles, for Real Party in Interest.


• For Appellees:
  
• No appearance by Respondent.