In Re Glen Rock Against the Village of Ridgewood

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Wachenfeld, J.

In 1921 the Village of Ridgewood purchased the Bergen Aqueduct Company, a privately owned public utility supplying water to the inhabitants of the Borough of Glen Rock as well as to those of Ridgewood. Since then, Ridgewood has continued to furnish residents of Glen Rock with water from its municipal facilities. From 1921 until 1955, Ridgewood made no increases in its charges to individual consumers. On November 8, 1955, however, it adopted an ordinance providing for rate increases to become effective as of January 1, 1956. They were the…