Village of South Orange v. Whittingham

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Garrison, J.

This writ of certiorari brings up an ordinance passed by the board of trustees of the village of South Orange. The purpose of the ordinance is to make a connecting sewer between the village of South Orange and a tract of land that it owns in the township of Millburn.

The proposed pipe line or sewer after leaving the village of South Orange crosses the township of South Orange until it reaches the township of Millburn, where it goes through the lands of the prosecutor. The authority of the village to extend a sewer beyond its own boundaries…