Marin Municipal Water District v. Peninsula Paving Co.

Defendant, Peninsula Paving Company, appeals from a judgment against it and in favor of plaintiff, Marin Municipal Water District, rendered in an action brought by plaintiff for damages for injury to its pipe line alleged to have been caused by defendant’s negligence in constructing a state highway.

The basic facts are not materially in dispute. The plaintiff is a municipal water district engaged in the business of supplying water to various municipalities in Marin County. In the performance of this function it maintains various distributing water mains. One such main was a twelve-inch cast…