Earrusso v. Montclair

The complainants own a twenty-eight acre tract in East Hanover township, Morris county, which, until recently, the town of Montclair used as a dump for its "debris and refuse," under a five-year contract of September 30th, 1930. The town pays $500 a year for the use, as a dump, and $1,200 a year for keeping it fit, as a dump. Until January of this year (1933) the dumpings were free of garbage; garbage and ashes were dumped elsewhere. Recently the town advertised for proposals for the removal of the town garbage, ashes and rubbish to the dump, separately, under plan number 1, or collectively…