Legal Opinion

Felsenthal v. Warring

California Court of Appeal

Decided February 27, 1919No. Civ. No. 2861PublishedCited by 38 opinions

The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.

1Opinion of the CourtFinlayson, P. J.

The controversy which resulted in-this action arose concerning the right to water flowing in Hopper Creek, in Ventura County, and the asserted right of defendants to reconstruct and maintain a ditch across plaintiff’s land.

Plaintiff owns 137% acres of land riparian to the' creek. Of this tract about thirteen acres are suitable for cultivation. Defendants own lands in the same vicinity, only a small portion of which is riparian to the stream.

[1] In 1870, when plaintiff’s land was still a part of the public domain, defendants constructed a dam in the creek at a place within what is now…

2Cases cited34 opinions

  1. Winslow v. City of VallejoCalifornia Supreme Court · 1906
  2. Sullivan v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1904
  3. Learned v. CastleCalifornia Supreme Court · 1889
  4. Woodruff v. North Bloomfield Gravel Mining Co.United States Circuit Court · 1884
  5. Evans v. Reading Chemical Fertilizing Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1894

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3Cited by38 opinions

  1. Fewel & Dawes, Inc. v. PrattCalifornia Supreme Court · 1941
  2. Lefrooth v. PrenticeCalifornia Supreme Court · 1927
  3. Hannah v. PogueCalifornia Supreme Court · 1944
  4. Christensen v. TuckerCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1952
  5. Conley v. WhittleseyIdaho Supreme Court · 1999

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