Township of Bridgewater v. Yarnell

In this condemnation action, plaintiff township sought to acquire a specifically described easement across defendants’ property for a sanitary sewer line connecting a sewer system serving some 235 homes with the inter-municipal trunk sewer local just beyond the property. Plaintiff had been unable to acquire the easement by agreement, not because of a dispute as to the amount of compensation to be paid therefor, but rather by reason of defendants’ objection to the route selected by the township. Their position was that the township’s route would cause great damage to their property and prevent…