113 N.J. Eq. 166 - Vanderbilt v. Hackensack Water Co.’s Empirical Analysis

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5 state decisions

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1. “of reasonable regulation is uniformly held to include the right to shut off the water supply of delinquents, and also the right to require consumers to pay water rents for a reasonable time in advance. Millville Improvement Co. v. Millville Water Co., 92 N.J. Eq. 480 . But it is equally well settled that in the absence of any statute expressly authorizing it, or making the arrearages a lien on the lands, the water company has no right to cut off the water supply unless and until the arrears due from a former owner are paid. McDowell v. Avon-by-the-Sea Land and Improvement Co., 71 N.J. Eq. 109 , 113 ; Millville Improvement Co. v. Millville Water Co., supra. * * * To compel them [the new owners] to assume payment of the arrearages for water furnished to the owner would be the equivalent of establishing a lien upon the premises for the amount thereof. This is a legislative and not a judicial function.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Home Owners' Loan Corp. v. New Brunswick