Griffith v. Kerrigan

Plaintiff brought this action against defendants, Kerrigan and wife and Sutter Butte Canal Company, to recover damages for injury to his peach orchard caused by excessive underground water seepage from adjoining lands which were controlled and operated by the defendants. The demurrer of the Sutter Butte Canal Company was sustained without leave to amend. Judgment was entered in favor of plaintiffs against the Kerrigans for the amount of damage found by the court to have been caused by them. Both the plaintiff and the Kerrigans have appealed from the judgment thus entered.

The injuries to…