Legal Opinion

Inhabitants of Bloomfield v. Mayor of Glen Ridge

New Jersey Court of Chancery

Decided March 15, 1897PublishedCited by 3 opinions

On appeal from a decree advised by 'Vice-Chancellor Reed, whose opinion is reported in Bloomfield v. Glen Ridge, 9 Dick. Ch. Rep. S876.

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Van Syckel, J.

The township of Bloomfield, in connection with the city of Orange, constructed a system of sewers by which the territory of Bloomfield was sewered. Afterwards, on the 12th of February, 1895, the borough of Glen Ridge was formed out of part of the township of Bloomfield. Prior to that date Bloomfield had constructed lateral sewers in what is now the territory of Glen Ridge, at an expense of over $30,000.

On the 20th of May, 1895, the common council of said borough of Glen Ridge passed an ordinance entitled “An ordinance to establish rules…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Mount Pleasant v. BeckwithSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
  2. Inhabitants of Hampshire v. Inhabitants of FranklinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1819
  3. Inhabitants of Windham v. Inhabitants of PortlandMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1808
  4. Town of Milwaukee v. City of MilwaukeeWisconsin Supreme Court · 1860
  5. Town of Depere v. Town of BellevueWisconsin Supreme Court · 1872

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. School District of Oakland v. School District of JoplinSupreme Court of Missouri · 1937
  2. E.M. Harrison Market v. MontclairNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1929
  3. Iannella v. Piscataway TownshipNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1947

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