Passaic Consolidated Water Co. v. McCutcheon

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Katzenbach, J.

In the year 1923 the legislature passed an act known as chapter 195 of the laws of 1923 (Pamph. L. 1923, p. 504) entitled, “An act to authorize two or more municipalities in this state by means of a commission to acquire, either by purchase or condemnation, and operate privately owned water works now or hereafter supplying water therein, and in other municipalities, if any, in which water is supplied by the same water works, together with the franchises, rights, and any or all other appurtenant property of the owner or owners, of such…