Mayor of Boonton v. Boonton Water Co.

Pitxey, Y. C.

This is a bill by the mayor and common council of the town of Boonton against the Boonton Water Company and the United Water Supply Company, its successor in title, asking for relief based on the terms of a written contract entered 'into between the complainant and the Boonton AYater Company oU the 14th of Januarjq 1893.

The bill is, in effect, a bill for the specific performance of that contract.

It was and is what is called and known as a continuing contract, in which the water company agreed, for a term of years, to perform a certain duty, and the city agreed to pay a certain…