State ex rel. Fagan v. State Board of Assessors
Supreme Court of New Jersey
On rule to show cause why a writ of mandamus, alternative or jieremptory, should not issue, directed to the state board of assessors and the clerk of the state board of assessors directing them and each of them to permit the relator at proper times and places and under proper supervision to examine and take copies of the records and returns of the various railroad and other companies mentioned in the affi davit filed with them and holding property in the county of Hudson.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Garrison, J.
Upon the principles laid down by this court in the case of Ferry v. Williams, 12 Vroom 332.(opinion by *517Mr. Justice Dixon, 1879), the present application should be granted. Every general principle on which this court acted in that ease is applicable to this; to rehearse them would bo to reprint Mr. Justice Dixon’s opinion. T am at a loss to see upon what ground, not covered by the case cited, the defendant can claim that these schedules are of a confidential nature or possessed of any private character that was not possessed by the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Mayor of Jersey City v. SpeerSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1909
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