KIDDE MFG. CO., INC. v. TOWN OF BLOOMFIELD


28 N.J. Super. 355 (1953)

100 A.2d 708

KIDDE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC., A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF, v. TOWN OF BLOOMFIELD IN THE COUNTY OF ESSEX, A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY, AND BOROUGH OF GLEN RIDGE IN THE COUNTY OF ESSEX, A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY, DEFENDANTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division.

As Modified by Order of October 19, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Samuel D. Williams (Mr. Jerome C. Eisenberg, appearing), attorney for plaintiff.

Mr. Thomas J. Markey, attorney for defendant Town of Bloomfield.

Messrs. Stryker, Tams & Horner (Mr. Burtis S. Horner, appearing), attorneys for defendant Borough of Glen Ridge.


COLIE, J.S.C.

This action is brought by Kidde Manufacturing Company, Inc. against the Town of Bloomfield and the Borough of Glen Ridge, seeking damages for injury to its property caused by the negligence of the defendants in making improvements to a natural water course known as Toneys Brook. More specifically, it is charged that the improvements made by Glen Ridge upstream from the plaintiff's property increased the velocity of flow, eroded the stream bed and undermined...

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