Bauer v. County of Ventura

— This is an appeal from a judgment of dismissal in an action to recover damages resulting from the alleged wrongful inundation of the property of the plaintiffs, Mr. and Mrs. Bauer. They own real property located in the vicinity of a watercourse and storm drainage system controlled by the defendants in Ventura County. On March 15, 1952, the waters contained in the defendants’ storm drain ditch overflowed upon and damaged plaintiffs’ land. Principally upon the theories of inverse condemnation and the tort liability of the defendants, the plaintiffs commenced this action to recover the…