Reclamation Dist. No. 833 v. American F. Co.

Appeal by the plaintiffs from a judgment for the defendant in an action to enjoin the drainage of water from the defendant’s rice lands through the canals and drainage ditches and over the easements of the plaintiffs.

The plaintiff Reclamation District No. 833 withdrew from the action after its commencement and the action was thereafter prosecuted by the plaintiffs Drainage District No. 100 of Butte County and Butte Creek Drainage District, both of which are duly created, and existing drainage districts under the laws of the state of California. (Stats. 1903, p. 291, as amended; Stats. 1885, p. 204, as amended.) When the word “plaintiffs” is used herein it will refer to the two drainage districts participating in the trial.

The lands within the exterior boundaries of the plaintiffs drainage districts, comprising some 55,000 acres, are devoted mainly to rice culture and are situated in Glenn and Butte Counties northerly from a lowland called Butte sink or basin, which lies within Colusa and Sutter Counties. Butte Creek is a natural watercourse flowing southerly through the lands- of Butte Creek Drainage District and around the westerly side of Butte basin and empties into Butte…