Gas Light Co. v. Borough of South River
New Jersey Court of Chancery
On. motion for preliminary injunction. The Gas Light Company of the City of New Brunswick, one of the complainants, was incorporated by an act of the legislature approved March 19 th, 1851; the title of the act was “An act to incorporate the Gas Light Company of the City of New Brunswick.”
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On. motion for preliminary injunction. The Gas Light Company of the City of New Brunswick, one of the complainants, was incorporated by an act of the legislature approved March 19 th, 1851; the title of the act was “An act to incorporate the Gas Light Company of the City of New Brunswick.” It authorized the company to manufacture and sell gas for the purpose of lighting the streets, buildings, manufactories and other places situated in New Brunswick, and to lay down gas pipes and erect posts and burners in the streets, alleys, lanes, avenues or public grounds thereof, and to do all things…
1Opinion of the Court
Howell, V. C.
The following objections are interposed to the relief prayed by the complainant: First, that the title of the act of 1870 does not express the object which the legislature had in view, namely, the extension of the powers of the corporation beyond the limits of the city of New Brunswick. I do not think tire defendant can prevail on this point. The act has been in force for forty years, and gas mains have been laid under its authority for nearly thirty years, during all of which time the public have, acquiesced, and the complainant, by such acquiescence, has been induced and…
2Cited by2 opinions
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- City of Newark v. Rockford Furniture Co.New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1949