Tide-Water Co. v. Coster

The opinion of the court was delivered by

The Chief Justice.

The appellant, the Tide-water Company, is a corporation created by an act of the legislature, passed April fourth, 1866. The purpose for which this company was called into existence, was to assist in draining the tide-water marshes adjoining Newark bay and its tributary streams. The means by which this useful end was to be attained were, in the statutory language : “ The construction, maintenance, and management, of suitable dykes, drains, ditches, dams, sluices, engines, pumps, and all other machinery, works, and structures,…