Podesta v. Linden Irrigation District

This action was brought by plaintiffs and respondents, Fred and Adeline Podesta, against two public agencies, one a water conservation district, the other an irrigation district. By their complaint, plaintiffs sought damages claimed to have been suffered by them as landowners when the two agencies took a part of their property for public use without having paid compensation therefor. A general statement of the case is to be found in Podesta v. Linden Irr. Dist., 132 Cal.App.2d 250 [281 P.2d 905].

The trial court made the following findings of fact: In 1926, the plaintiffs purchased and since…