Sternes v. Sutter Butte Canal Co.
California Court of Appeal
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Sutter County. K. S. Mahon, Judge. Reversed. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
It appears from the complaint in this action that the appellants (husband and wife) are the owners of two tracts of land comprising about 200 acres situate in Sutter County, held and possessed by them as community property; that during the years 1919 and 1920 the respondent Canal Company entered upon both the said tracts of land and proceeded to excavate a canal, or ditch, of approximately fifty feet in width across parcel number one of the tracts of land owned by the appellants, and constructed levees along the side lines of said ditch approximately three feet in height above the natural…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Denver City Irrigation & Water Co. v. MiddaughSupreme Court of Colorado · 1889
- Farmers' Reservoir & Irrigation Co. v. CooperSupreme Court of Colorado · 1913
- Nunnamaker v. Columbia Water Power Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1896
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- Albers v. County of Los AngelesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1965
- Sutro Heights Land Co. v. Merced Irrigation DistrictCalifornia Supreme Court · 1931
- Hume v. Fresno Irrigation DistrictCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1937
- Ellena v. State of CaliforniaCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1977
- County Sanitation District No. 2 v. AverillCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1935
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