Crowell v. Sonoma County

Citations

• 25 Cal. 313

Syllabus

<p>Liability op County fob Damages.—A county is not liable for damages for injuries sustained by individuals caused by a road overseer placing the abutment of a bridge in the bed of a stream in such manner as to cause the waters of the stream to flow out of their usual channel, and wash away land or the improvements thereon.</p> <p>Road Overseer.—The relation between a county and its road overseer bears no resemblance to that of master and servant, nor to that of employer and employé.</p> <p>Liability for act of Road Overseer.—If an abutment to a bridge is wrongfully built in the channel of a stream, the remedy, if any exists, is against him by whom the injury was committed.</p>