Buchanan v. City of Newport Beach

Opinion

COUGHLIN, J. *

Plaintiff appeals from a judgment against him in favor of defendant, which was signed by the court, in a jury case based on an order granting defendant’s motion for a “nonsuit” made after all parties had rested. The judgment decreed defendant “have judgment” against the plaintiff.

Plaintiff was injured while surfing at a beach, on the oceanfront, called the Wedge, created by the construction of a jetty, dredging sand from the channel of the harbor entrance adjacent to the jetty, and depositing the dredged sand on what had been submerged sand spits, raising the beach level…