Legal Opinion

Wilson v. Inhabitants of Trenton

Supreme Court of New Jersey

Decided May 16, 1898PublishedCited by 7 opinions

On error to the Supreme Court. For opinion of the Supreme Court, see 30 Vroom 394.

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dixon, J.

The plaintiff in error, owning land on Hamilton avenue, in the city of Trenton, sued out a writ of certiorari to set aside a contract which the city had made for paving that avenue with Trinidad Lake asphaltum. The Supreme Court having adjudged the contract legal, he has brought the matter to this court by writ of error.

The first reason urged by counsel of the plaintiff for holding the contract .unlawful is that, besides requiring the contractor to lay a good pavement, it binds him to guarantee the *600durability of the pavement for five years,…

2Cited by7 opinions

  1. Burns v. City of NashvilleTennessee Supreme Court · 1919
  2. Shake v. SmithIndiana Supreme Court · 1901
  3. City of Kansas City v. HansonSupreme Court of Kansas · 1899
  4. City Council v. BurnettSupreme Court of Alabama · 1907
  5. LEGION MANOR v. Township of WayneSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1967

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