Pico v. Colimas
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court, First Judicial District, Los Angeles County. The plaintiff was the owner of a tract of land called the “ Ranchito,” in Los Angeles County, formerly granted to Juan Crispin Perez by the Mexican Government.
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Appeal from the District Court, First Judicial District, Los Angeles County. The plaintiff was the owner of a tract of land called the “ Ranchito,” in Los Angeles County, formerly granted to Juan Crispin Perez by the Mexican Government. Across the “ Ranchito,” at the time of the commencement of this action and previously, there ran a certain zanja or watercourse, partly artificial and partly natural, known as the “ Zanja de San Samuel,” through which flowed water taken from the San Gabriel River to lands owned by the defendants, Colimas, Passons, and others. The water flowing through this…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Shafter, J.:
This is an action to recover damages for an alleged trespass upon a tract of land in the County of Los Angeles, known as “ The Ranchito.”. It is charged that the defendants unlawfully entered upon said lands and tore down the gate of a cer*580tain zanja, or ditch, crossing the same and used by the plaintiff for the purpose of irrigation. The general denial contained in the answer must be disregarded, for the complaint was sworn to. The plea of a former action pending requires no attention, fot there was no evidence tending to prov„e it. There were two defenses stated in…
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