Legal Opinion
Hawes v. Contra Costa Water Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern California
Decided October 30, 1878PublishedCited by 7 opinions
In equity.
1Opinion of the Court
SAWYER, Circuit Judge.
This is a bill in equity by [Loring P. Hawes] a stockholder of the Contra Costa Water Company, a corporation formed under the act of 1858, to supply the city of Oakland and other places with pure water, against the corporation, its officers, and the city of Oakland, to restrain said corporation from furnishing, and said city of Oakland from taking; water without charge for watering public squares, parks, or flushing sewers, or other like municipal purposes. The city of Oakland demurs to the bill. The only question presented on the merits, arises upon the construction of…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Hawes v. OaklandSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
- Town of South Ottawa v. PerkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
- City of San Francisco v. Spring Valley Water WorksCalifornia Supreme Court · 1874
- Spring Valley Water Works v. City and County of San FranciscoCalifornia Supreme Court · 1877
- City & County of San Francisco v. Spring Valley Water WorksCalifornia Supreme Court · 1870
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