City of San Pablo v. East Bay Municipal Utility District

Opinion

EMERSON, J. *

Defendant-appellant East Bay Municipal Utility District (hereafter EBMUD) appeals from a judgment awarding plaintiff-respondent City of San Pablo (hereafter the city) the. sum of $53,446 which the city had previously paid to EBMUD for the purpose of relocating certain water facilities in the “South Entrance Redevelopment Project” area of the city.

As will be shown more fully below, the city advanced the sum in question in order to facilitate the relocation of certain water lines. EBMUD had refused to move the lines at its own expense. The parties entered into an agreement,…