Sharpstein

San Mateo Waterworks v. Sharpstein

Good Law
1875 Cal. LEXIS 144·50 Cal. 284
Supreme Court of CaliforniaJuly 1, 1875No. 4853California48 words

lead Opinion

The taking in this case amounts to a taking of private property for public use in the sense in which that phrase is used in the Constitution, and can only be effected upon the conditions prescribed in the Constitution—that is, upon just compensation being simultaneously made.

Order annulled.