Sacramento & San Joaquin Drainage District Ex Rel. State Reclamation Board v. Reed

The farm of defendant Thomas H. Reed consists of a 137-aere parcel on the west bank of the Sacramento River approximately 26 miles north of Colusa. Adjoining it to the south is the farm of defendant Frank S. Reager, approximately 463 acres in area. The State Reclamation Board filed this condemnation action to acquire a right of way for a new levee across these properties, the levee being a portion of the Sacramento River Flood Control Project. Shortly after the action was filed the levee was constructed, award of damages to the landowners being left for later determination. The new levee runs…