Legal Opinion
Ketcham v. Modesto Irrigation District
California Court of Appeal
Decided November 7, 1933No. Docket No. 4780PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtThompson, J.
From a joint judgment of $7,500 which was rendered pursuant to a verdict returned against two separate irrigation districts, as compensation for damage resulting to agricultural land from the seeping of water from an irrigation ditch, the defendants have appealed.
The appellants seek a reversal of the judgment on the grounds that (1) the plaintiffs are estopped from claiming damages to their land from seepage of water from a ditch, for the construction of which their predecessors, in title conveyed a strip of land through their property, (2) an action for damage which results from the natural…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Treadwell v. NickelCalifornia Supreme Court · 1924
- Eachus v. Los Angeles Consolidated Electric Railway Co.California Supreme Court · 1894
- Reardon v. City of San FranciscoCalifornia Supreme Court · 1885
- Miller v. Highland Ditch Co.California Supreme Court · 1891
- Collier v. Merced Irrigation DistrictCalifornia Supreme Court · 1931
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Powers Farms, Inc. v. Consolidated Irrigation DistrictCalifornia Supreme Court · 1941
- Smith v. City of Los AngelesCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1944
- Hume v. Fresno Irrigation DistrictCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1937
- Curci v. Palo Verde Irrigation DistrictCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1945
- Massetti v. Madera Canal & Irrigation Co.California Court of Appeal · 1937
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