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ABRAHAM A. BRILL, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. EASTERN NEW JERSEY POWER COMPANY,A CORPORATION, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

1. When lands are conveyed as bounding upon a street as delineated on a filed map such conveyance is presumed to pass title to the center of the street, subject to such easements as may have been legitimately obtained.

2. The grant of an easement by the owner of lands, to a municipality, to erect poles and wires in a street for certain street lighting purposes is not to be construed to extend to the stringing of wires to supply private light and power, nor to the use of high voltage cables, by a private corporation, to carry electric current from distant power stations to other municipalities.

PER CURIAM.

The judgment under review herein should be affirmed, for the reasons expressed in the opinion delivered in the Supreme Court by Circuit Court Judge Lawrence, to whom this case was referred.

For affirmance — THE CHANCELLOR, CHIEF JUSTICE, TRENCHARD, PARKER, CASE, BODINE, DONGES, HEHER, PERSKIE, VAN BUSKIRK, KAYS, HETFIELD, DEAR, WELLS, DILL, JJ. 15.

For reversal — None.

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BRILL v. EASTERN NEW JERSEY POWER CO
(Sep 27, 1933)