Woodruff v. Mayor of East Orange
New Jersey Court of Chancery
On final hearing on bill, answer and proofs.
1Opinion of the Court
Pitney, Y. C.
The complainant, Mr. Woodruff, is the owner of a dwelling-house and lot in the corporate limits of the city of East Orange, *420which dwelling is supplied with water for domestic purposes by the defendant, the municipal corporation of that city.
The gravamen of the bill is that the defendant, in fixing its charges against the complainant’s house for its supply of water, has discriminated against complainant in such a manner as to charge him a much greater sum for the same supply and service of water than is charged by it to other houses of the same size and situation as complainant’s…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Wagner v. City of Rock IslandIllinois Supreme Court · 1893
- Los Angeles v. Los Angeles City Water Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1900
- Spring Valley Water Works v. City & County of San FranciscoCalifornia Supreme Court · 1890
- Griffin v. Goldsboro Water Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1898
- San Diego Water Co. v. City of San DiegoCalifornia Supreme Court · 1897
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