Knight v. City of Los Angeles

Plaintiffs’ action for damages to their property is based on the claimed negligence of defendant in installing and maintaining drainage facilities on Primera Avenue, a street in defendant city of Los Angeles upon which plaintiffs’ property abuts, resulting in the seepage of water into and an overflow on plaintiffs’ land, destroying the improvements thereon. Plaintiffs, predicating their complaint upon article I, section 14, of the Constitution of California and the public liability statute imposing liability upon municipal corporations for injury to property by reason of the defective and…