Smith v. East Bay Municipal Utility District

Appellant, East Bay Municipal Utility District, the defendant below, appeals from a judgment against it of $3,360 in a suit for damages to plaintiffs’ property alleged to have been caused by an overflow of San Pablo Creek resulting from defendant utility district’s negligence in the operation of San Pablo Dam and Reservoir. • Judgment upon the jury’s verdict in favor of plaintiffs was entered on April 7,1952. Defendant district appeals from the judgment on the ground of the insufficiency of the evidence to support the verdict.

Plaintiffs and respondents, Edward and Florence Smith, husband and…