What is the law governing the rights and liabilities of land owners with respect to surface waters?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Sprecher v. Adamson Companies, 178 Cal.Rptr. 783, 30 Cal.3d 358, 636 P.2d 1121 (Cal. 1981):
5 The law governing the rights and liabilities of land owners with respect to surface waters has, to some extent, developed over the years separately and independently from tort law generally and is not considered here. (See Keys v. Romley (1966) 64 Cal.2d 396, 400-408, 50 Cal.Rptr. 273, 412 P.2d 529.)
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