Delaware River Transportation Co. v. Inhabitants of Trenton

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Parker, J.

The writ brings up an order of Mr. Justice Trenchard, in a course of procedure regulated by the Eminent Domain act of 1900 (Pamph. L., p. 79; Comp. Siat., p. 2182), appointing commissioners to' ascertain the amount of compensation to be paid to prosecutor for the taking of lands, partly upland and partly wharf property on the Delaware river, in the city of Trenton. The power of the city to exercise the right of eminent domain respecting this property is rested on a statute of 1911 {Pamph. L., p. 233), authorizing the appointment of harbor…