Powers Farms, Inc. v. Consolidated Irrigation District

EDMONDS, J. —

Powers Farms, Inc., the owner of improved land planted principally to mature orchards and vineyards, recovered a judgment for damages which the trial court found that it sustained when Consolidated Irrigation District permitted water to seep from its canals. One of the special defenses to the action is that no verified claim of damages was filed as required by the Irrigation District Liability Law (Stats. 1935, p. 2250; Deering’s Gen. Laws, vol. 1, p. 1932, act 38861, see. 2). The principal question for decision upon the appeal of the district from the judgment is whether this…