Lamb v. Reclamation District No. 108

This is an action to abate and remove as a public nuisance a levee erected by defendant along the west bank of the Sacramento River, and across *126a place on said bank called Wilkins Slough, and to recover damages for the overflowing of plaintiff’s land on the other side of the river, about two miles below, alleged to have been caused by said levee. The case was submitted on certain parts of the pleadings taken as true. The court below gave judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals from the judgment.

The Sacramento River is a large navigable stream, having its sources near the boundary line…