Contra Costa Water Co. v. City of Oakland
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern California
In Equity. On motion for preliminary injunction.
1Opinion of the Court
GILBERT, Circuit Judge.
This is an application for an injunction pendente lite made by the Contra Costa Water Company, a corporation of the state of California formed for the purpose of furnishing water to the city of Oakland and adjacent cities.
The bill alleges in substance that the complainant for many years past has been and is now supplying nearly all the fresh water consumed by the city of Oakland and its inhabitants. That, in order to carry out the purposes of its incorporation, the complainant has acquired reservoir sites, buildings, and reservoirs, obtained riparian and other rights…
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