Fifield v. Spring Valley Water Works

The plaintiff and appellant is the owner of a certain tract of land in San Mateo county, through which the waters of San Mat'eo creek flow in a natural channel. The defendant is a corporation conducting and carrying on the business of supplying the inhabitants of the city and county of San Francisco with water. It is charged in plaintiff’s complaint that defendant is engaged in constructing a tunnel above plaintiff’s land, with the intent and purpose of diverting through said tunnel, when completed, the waters of said creek into the San Andreas reservoir, thereby preventing the same from…