Federal Shipbuilding, C., Co. v. Bayonne

This is a suit for the construction of certain contracts made between complainant and defendant in relation to water obtained by complainant, hereafter referred to as the Company, from defendant, hereafter referred to as Bayonne. When the agreements were made Bayonne was receiving its water supply from the East Jersey Water Company through two mains extending through Kearny and Jersey City and thence to Bayonne. Some water was being sold by Bayonne to consumers on the Kearny Meadows, including the Company.

Prior to the making of the agreements now to be construed, the portion of the mains…