Mayor of Jersey City v. Jersey City Water Supply Co.
Supreme Court of New Jersey
On appeal from a decree of the court of chancery advised by Vice-Chancellor Lewis, whose opinion is reported in 111 Ail. Rep. M21, and 98 N. J. Eq. 36.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Tkenchard, J.
This is another phase of an old litigation.
Briefly, the pertinent facts are these:
Jersey City entered into a contract with Patrick H. Flynn for the construction of a new water supply, by the terms of which Flynn was to supply to the city the whole flow of the *622.Rockaway river, to the extent of seventy million gallons daily. Flynn became insolvent, and his interest in the contract was assigned to the Jeisey City Water Supply Company, which proceeded with the performance of the contract. During the work of constraetion it was discovered that…
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- Jersey City v. Jersey City, C., Co.New Jersey Court of Chancery · 1926