Natoma Water & Mining Co. v. McCoy

Citations

• 23 Cal. 490

Syllabus

<p>The owners of a ditch, by which the -waters of a stream have been first appropriated, are entitled to recover damages for injury or loss sustained, caused by dams or other obstructions having been erected on the stream, above the head of the ditch, by which the regularity of the flow of its waters is so disturbed as to cause actual injury or loss to the proprietors of the ditch.</p> <p>On the trial of an action to recover such damages, proof that in consequence of the irregularity of the flow of water, the owners of the ditch have lost their customers, is competent evidence.</p>