Legal Opinion
Ghiozzi v. City of South San Francisco
California Court of Appeal
Decided January 7, 1946No. Civ. 12789PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGoodell, J.
This is an appeal from a judgment for $2,245 after a trial by the court without a jury.
The respondent sued for $2,245 damages arising out of the flooding of a piece of land on which he raised vegetables. On March 1, 1941, a flood covered this property with sand and debris to a depth of from six inches to about four feet, destroying the crop and damaging the irrigation system and pump.
Colma Creek and Baden Creek have their sources in the mountains lying between San Francisco Bay and the ocean and flow in a general easterly direction through South San Francisco and thence into the bay. They…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- House v. Los Angeles County Flood Control DistrictCalifornia Supreme Court · 1944
- Powers Farms, Inc. v. Consolidated Irrigation DistrictCalifornia Supreme Court · 1941
- Hall v. City of Los AngelesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1941
- Spencer v. City of CalipatriaCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1935
- Tormey v. Anderson-Cottonwood Irrigation DistrictCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1921
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3Cited by18 opinions
- City of San Jose v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1974
- McLean v. City of Spirit LakeIdaho Supreme Court · 1967
- Rand v. AndreattaCalifornia Supreme Court · 1964
- Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. County of RiversideCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1980
- Veterans' Welfare Board v. City of OaklandCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1946
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