Cox v. State of California

Opinion

JANES, J.

Plaintiff landowners appeal from a summary judgment granted defendant State of California in an inverse condemnation action.

The Pleadings

The charging allegations of plaintiffs’ complaint are broadly drafted. They allege that, for a period prior to December 22, 1964, defendant “participated in the planning, designing, construction, maintenance, and operation of a flood control project on the Feather River in Butte County,” and that on or about that date, as a proximate result of defendant’s said activities, “waters from the Feather River were diverted from natural drainage by…