Los Angeles Brick & Clay Products Co. v. City of Los Angeles

By this action plaintiff procured a permanent injunction to abate á storm water nuisance resulting from the city’s causing ponded waters on its streets to be discharged upon plaintiff’s land. The bases of appeal are insufficiency of the complaint, variance of findings from the pleading, defendants’ prescriptive, easement, laches, statutory limitation and the court’s failure to find on the issue of plaintiff’s negligence in grading its tract.

Since 1902 plaintiff has been the owner of a parcel of 12 acres in the Los Angeles industrial district. It lies adjacent to East Seventh Street which…