City of Stockton v. Vote

Pursuant to certain resolutions passed by the city council of the City of Stockton and the affirmative result of an election participated in by the qualified electors of the City of Stockton, the plaintiff in this action proposes to erect a restraining dam, or a dam to control the flood waters of the Calaveras River at a point on said stream in the county of Calaveras about three miles from the town of Valley Springs. The defendant in this action is the owner of a tract of land lying easterly of the site of the proposed restraining dam and a portion of whose land lies within the basin that…