State ex rel. Boorum v. Connelly
Supreme Court of New Jersey
On application for a mandamus. On error to the Supreme Court. An act of the legislature approved February 28th, 1901, enacted: “1. Hereafter, in all cities in this state, all officers required to be elected therein at any municipal or charter election, shall be voted for and elected on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November in each year, and with the same registration and upon the same official ballots required by law for the election of state and county…
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On application for a mandamus. On error to the Supreme Court. An act of the legislature approved February 28th, 1901, enacted: “1. Hereafter, in all cities in this state, all officers required to be elected therein at any municipal or charter election, shall be voted for and elected on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November in each year, and with the same registration and upon the same official ballots required by law for the election of state and county officers, and not otherwise; and the said ballots voted as aforesaid for such officers shall be canvassed, and the result of…
1Opinion of the Court
*201The opinion of the court was delivered by
Depue, Chief Justice.
On the argument before the Supreme Court and in this court the contention was that the act in question was unconstitutional, on which it was insisted in this court that the judgment of the Supreme Court was erroneous.
The main ground on which this contention was rested was that the act is special and local, regulating the internal affairs of cities, in contravention of article IV., section 7, paragraph 11, of the constitution. This constitutional provision interdicts private, local or special laws in a number of enumerated cases,…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- State ex rel. Warner v. HoaglandSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1888
- Mortland v. State ex rel. ChristianSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1890
- Easton & Amboy Railroad v. Central RailroadSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1890
- State v. Mayor of Asbury ParkSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1896
- State v. Inhabitants of TrentonSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1898
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- Williams v. SmithNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1967
- Van Horn v. City of Des MoinesSupreme Court of Iowa · 1922