Glen View Development Co. v. Public Service Electric & Gas Co.

The Township of Moorestown adopted an ordinance requiring electric lines in new developments to be placed underground. Plaintiff, a developer, called upon the defendant utility for this electrical service. Defendant was willing to provide it if plaintiff absorbed the added cost of underground construction over equivalent overhead construction. Plaintiff would not agree. To avoid delay in its project, plaintiff, under protest, deposited the sum in question with defendant, and then brought this action to have it declared that the local ordinance bound defendant to meet the total cost of the…