Slingerland v. East Jersey Water Co.

*412The opinion of the court was delivered by

Beasley, Chief • Justice.

This verdict cannot stand.

The gravamen of the action was this: The father of the plaintiff, Aletha B. Slingerland, was the owner of a certain farm which it was necessary to use for the purpose of laying pipes to supply the city of Newark with water. The city had contracted with the defendant, the East Jersey Water Company, to do this work as a part of the system that had been adopted, who sub-contracted with one Gillespie to do the work. Inasmuch as the father of the plaintiff refused to sell the necessary right of way for the…