Mayor of Newark v. Chestnut Hill Land Co.

Stevens, V. C.

This is an application by the city of Newark to enjoin an action of tort commenced against it by the defendant land companjr. The land company is a riparian owner on the Passaic within Lhe corporate limits of the city of Paterson, and avers in its declaration that Newark has for the past six years withdrawn water from the Peqnannock river, one of the tributaries of the Passaic, in such quantities as material^ to affect the flow of the last-named stream, to its damage $50,000. It has also brought similar suits against the city of Jersey City and the East Jersey Water Company. The…