San Luis Water Co. v. Estrada
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of San Luis Obispo County, and from an order denying a new trial. V. A. Gregg, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Chipman, C.
This is an action to quiet the title of plaintiff to the waters of San Luis Obispo creek, and to restrain the defendants from diverting said waters.
The complaint alleges that plaintiff became a corporation June 4, 1895, whose object it was to furnish the town, now the city, of San Luis Obispo, in the county of that name, and the inhabitants thereof, with pure( fresh water, and is now so engaged. That plaintiff became the owner about the date named, by assignment and through mesne conveyances, of a certain franchise, granted by the legislature of California to M. A. Benrimo and…
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