Lawrence v. Springer
Supreme Court of New Jersey
On appeal from a decree advised by Vice-Chancellor Pitney, whose opinion is reported in Springer v. Lawrence, 2 Dick. Ch. Rep. 461.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Beasley, C. J.
The facts necessary to the intelligibility of the views to be expressed can be stated in a few words.
There are three several tracts of land in the county of Gloucester, lying along the Delaware river. A part of each of these consists of meadows that were injuriously affected by the flow of the tides, so that in the year 1851 commissioners were appointed under the act (Rev. p. 642) to enable the owners of meadows to improve the same. By force of that proceeding certain embankments, drains and sluices were established and an apportionment…
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