Legal Opinion
Inhabitants of West Orange v. Field
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided November 15, 1883PublishedCited by 4 opinions
On appeal from a decree of the chancellor, whose opinion is reported in Field v. West Orange, 9 Stew. Eq. 118.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Yan Syckel, J.
The bill is filed to enjoin the defendants from continuing to discharge the drainage of certain streets upon the complainant’s *601lands, by which they are submerged and rendered valueless and unhealthy.
The bill alleges that the municipal authorities, by the construction of ditches and artificial conduits in the highways, have diverted the flow of the surface-water from the course in which it would be carried by the grade of the streets, and have, by such means, collected all the surface-water in a large area and caused it to be thrown upon…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Noonan v. . City of AlbanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1880
3Cited by4 opinions
- Nathanson v. WagnerNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1935
- Cassini v. OrangeNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1930
- Yonadi v. Homestead Country HomesNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1955
- Peter Wendel Sons, Inc. v. NewarkNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1946