Dennis v. City of Orange

This is an action to recover damages for the washing away of a part of plaintiffs’ land by flood waters flowing down Santiago Creek, near the City of Orange. The defendant city owns certain land lying in the bed of this creek, together with certain land along the west bank thereof. This bank is about twelve feet higher than the normal bed of the creek. The plaintiffs’ land adjoins this land owned by the city and prior to April, 1926, was entirely separated from the creek by a narrow strip of the city’s land, although at one end it came very near the bank of the creek. Prior to February, 1927,…