Truman v. Sutter-Butte Canal Co.

The plaintiff sued the defendant to recover the aggregate sum of $18,000, alleged to he the extent of the damage, measured in money, inflicted upon plaintiff’s orchard by certain acts of the defendant. The issues of fact were tried before a jury, who awarded plaintiff a verdict for the sum of $5,000. Judgment was entered accordingly, and from said judgment defendant appeals.

The defendant is a public service corporation, and owns and operates an irrigation system, “consisting of ditches, dams, pumping plants and other structures,” and serves persons owning lands contiguous to its system with…