Gray v. McWilliams
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Colusa County and from an order denying a new trial. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Searls, C.
— Action to remove and abate as a nuisance an enbankment or levee, erected by defendant upon his own land, but which held back and caused water to flow upon the land of plaintiff, and to recover damages for injury caused thereby. Plaintiff had judgment, from which and from an order denying a motion for a new trial defendant appeals.
The plaintiff, Mary Gray, has been since 1888 the owner in fee in her own right, and in possession of a tract of land consisting of over forty acres, situate in the county of Colusa.
The defendant, A. S. McWilliams, is and since September, 1887, has been…
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