Robillard v. Selah-Moxee Irrigation District

This is an appeal from a judgment entered on a verdict for the plaintiffs for damages to crops suffered in 1956. The damage resulted from seepage from the irrigation canal which appellant maintains along one boundary of respondents’ property.

Appellant contends there was insufficient evidence for the jury to find that it had been negligent in the construction, operation, or maintenance of its canal or that the damaging water came from its canal. We do not agree.

The only sources of water revealed by the testimony are: The appellant’s canal and the Roza canal, which is located some distance…