Alameda County Water District v. Spring Valley Water Co.

By this action plaintiffs sought to enjoin the defendant, Spring Valley Water Company, from obstructing, extracting, arresting or diverting any of the waters of Alameda Creek, which flow on the surface of the bed of said creek or which flow or percolate underneath the surface thereof. Subsequent to the filing of the complaint, and before issue was joined, an arbitration agreement was entered into between the plaintiff Alameda County Water District and the defendant Spring Valley Water Company, which provided for a settlement of the controversy between the parties by the members of the state…