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COUNTY OF CLARK v. POWERS

No. 10879.

611 P.2d 1072 (1980)

COUNTY OF CLARK, a political subdivision of the State of Nevada, and Clark County Flood Control District, a governmental subdivision of the State of Nevada, a body corporate and politic and a quasi-corporation, Appellants, v. Albert O. POWERS, Afton M. Powers, Rufus Wallace, Ethel M. Wallace, Lawrence M. Lowe, Bonnie L. Lowe, George F. Rodrigues, Arleen D. Rodrigues, Joseph F. Rodrigues, and Caroline V. Rodrigues, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

Rehearing Denied July 9, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Miller, Dist. Atty., Clark County and Charles H. Weger, Deputy Dist. Atty., Las Vegas, for appellants.

Leavitt & Leavitt and Brent E. Leavitt, Las Vegas, for respondents.

OPINION

MOWBRAY, Chief Justice:

In this action, sounding both in inverse condemnation and in tort, the district court found that the County of Clark and the Clark County Flood Control District (hereinafter collectively referred to as "the County"), had, by acting in conjunction with various private parties,1 caused large amounts of water to be cast upon the property of the Powers, the Wallaces, and the Lowes.

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