Doremus v. Mayor of Paterson

Stevens, V. C.

This is a suit brought by twenty-five complainants against the city of Paterson. Its original object was an injunction to restrain the city from polluting the water of the Passaic river and from interfering with the enjoyment by the complainants of their rights as riparian owners. It was thought by the court of errors and appeals that in view of the delay in instituting the proceedings, and more especially in view of the magnitude of the injury that would result from prohibiting the use of the sewers to the people of Paterson, it would be inequitable to enjoin, if relief could…