Reports of cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court and, at law, in the Court of Errors and Appeals of the State of New Jersey Volume 88 - Tapa blanda

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1916 Excerpt: ... VreDenburgh, White, Terhune, Heppenheimer, Wllltams, Taylor, JJ. 14. For reversal--None. Weidmann S. D. Co. v. E. Jersey Water Co. 88 N. J. L. THE WEIDMANN SILK DYEING COMPANY, PLAINTIFFRESPONDENT, v. THE EAST JERSEY WATER COMPANY ET AL., DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS. THE WEIDMANN SILK DYEING COMPANY, PLAINTIFFRESPONDENT, v. THE MAYOR AND ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF JERSEY CITY, DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS. THE WEIDMANN SILK DYEING COMPANY, PLAINTIFFRESPONDENT, v. THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS. Submitted July 6, 1915--Decided November 15, 1915. On appeal from the Supreme Court. For the appellee, Griggs & Harding. For the respondents, Collins & Corbin, John B. Humphreys, Michael Dunn and Harry Kalisch. Per Curiam. Several suits were brought by the plaintiff, one against the East Jersey Water Company, the Montclair Water Company and Acquackanonk Water Company, in which a judgment was recovered by plaintiff for $8,780.87; one against the mayor and aldermen of Jersey City, in which plaintiff recovered a judgment for $15,425.52, and another against the mayor and common council of the city of Newark, in which plaintiff recovered a judgment for $5,602.96, and in each case the defendants have appealed. These three actions were tried together before the same jury, and are submitted to this court in like manner upon the same exceptions. The defendants requested the court to instruct the jury on the question of damages, under the same state of facts as in the case of Auger 88 N. J. L. Winter v. Atkinson-Frizelle Co. & Simon Silk. Dyeing Co. v. East Jersey Water Co. and Jersey City Water Supply Co., decided at this term, and the views expressed in the opinion read for this court in those cases are applicable here. We there held t...