Jones v. California Development Co.
California Supreme Court
The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Joseph L. Lewinsohn, W. N. Goodwin, and Hunsaker & Britt, for Imperial Water Company No. 1, Appellant.
1Opinion of the CourtHenshaw, J.
Plaintiff on his own behalf and on behalf of his assignors, one and all owners of land in Imperial Valley, brought this action to recover damages for injuries sustained by their lands because of the asserted negligent and unlawful acts of the defendants. Plaintiff recovered judgment and from that judgment and from the order denying its motion for a new trial the defendant Imperial Water Company No. 1, a corporation, has appealed. The controversy cannot be understood without a presentation of facts in most respects remarkable, in some respects unique.
The great Colorado River, draining a large…
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