Legal Opinion
State v. City of Trenton
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided March 6, 1922PublishedCited by 4 opinions
On appeal from the Supremo Court.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered hy
Minturn, J.
For many years the cities of Trenton and Newark had been obtaining their water supply from the Delaware and Peqnannoek watersheds, respectively, under various legislative grants for that pnrpose.
An act, general in its scope, designed hy the legislature for *242that specific purpose, and evidencing a liberal legislative public policy, was passed in 1888, entitled “An act to authorize any of the municipal corporations of this state to contract for a supply, or a further or other supply of water therefor.” Pamph. L. 1888, p. 366.
In that situation…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Mugler v. KansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- Munn v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
- Hudson County Water Co. v. McCarterSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- Stone v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Spring Valley Water Works v. SchottlerSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
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3Cited by4 opinions
- City of Trenton v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- City of Newark v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- MAYOR, ETC., ELIZABETH v. NJ Turnpike AuthorityNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1950
- Bor. of Pitman v. SkokowskiNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1984