PEOPLE v. STOWELL

Docket No. 5230.

139 Cal.App.2d 728 (1956)

294 P.2d 474

THE PEOPLE ex rel. Department of Public Works, Appellant, v. FORREST STOWELL et al., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, Fourth District.

March 6, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George C. Hadley, A.R. Early, Richard L. Franck and Joseph A. Montoya for Appellant.

Earl Redwine and Maurice C. Sherrill for Respondents.


GRIFFIN, J.

Plaintiff and appellant brought this action under section 725, subdivision (b), of the Streets and Highways Code, against defendants and respondents to restrain obstruction of a claimed natural water channel.

Defendants own three 40-acre sections of land near Mecca, on Highway 195, commonly known as Box Canyon Road, a secondary highway which crosses said property in an east-west direction. The slope of the land in this vicinity and the natural...

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