San Mateo Waterworks v. Sharpstein
California Supreme Court
Application to the Supreme Court for a writ of review. The defendant, Sharpstein, was judge of the Twelfth Judicial District, City and County of San Francisco. The Spring Valley Waterworks was a corporation, engaged in supplying pure water to the inhabitants of said city. Its sources of supply of water were the streams flowing in the mountains, in the county of San Mateo, south of said city.
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Application to the Supreme Court for a writ of review. The defendant, Sharpstein, was judge of the Twelfth Judicial District, City and County of San Francisco. The Spring Valley Waterworks was a corporation, engaged in supplying pure water to the inhabitants of said city. Its sources of supply of water were the streams flowing in the mountains, in the county of San Mateo, south of said city. The defendant was also a corporation, supplying water to the inhabitants of the town of San Mateo, in San Mateo County, and its source for the supply of water was also in said mountains. The plaintiff…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court:
The taking in this case amounts to a taking of private property for public use in the sense in which that phrase is used in the Constitution, and can only be effected upon the conditions prescribed in the Constitution—that is, upon just compensation being simultaneously made.
Order annulled.
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