P. Ballantine & Sons v. Public Service Corp.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Vredenbuhgh, J.

The parties to this controversy are each engaged in manufacturing industries of large proportions, in the city of Newark, New Jersey. Their lands and premises upon which their respective plants are erected adjoin and extend from Front street to the Passaic river. The plaintiff corporation, under the name of “P. Ballantine & Sons,” is a brewing industry, manufacturing malt liquors which are well known in that trade, and command a wide market. Its success in such manufacture requires the constant use of large quantities of pure, cool water…