PALMER SQ. LTD. PART. v. ELIZABETHTOWN WATER CO.


188 N.J. Super. 261 (1982)

457 A.2d 69

PALMER SQUARE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, A CONNECTICUT LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, PLAINTIFF, v. ELIZABETHTOWN WATER COMPANY, DEFENDANT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Chancery Division Mercer County.

Decided December 3, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael F. Spicer for plaintiff (Jamieson, McCardell, Moore, Peskin & Spicer, attorneys).

Walter M. Braswell for defendant.


DREIER, J.S.C.

Plaintiff's motion for summary judgment presents the court with a novel issue: When the private owner of a vacated public street calls upon a private water company to remove pipes which its predecessor had installed in the street bed, must the water company remove the pipes and, if so, who must bear the cost? This court holds that under the facts of the instant case the water company must both remove its pipes and bear the cost of the removal.

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