West Ridgelawn Cemetery v. City of Clifton

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Campbell, J.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court dismissing a writ of certiorari issued for the purpose of reviewing the legality of the assessment and sale for taxes of lands of the appellant, West Ridgelawn Cemetery. The assessments were for the years 1922 and 1923.

The appellant was duly incorporated on October 3d, 1905, as a cemetery association, under the act entitled “An act to authorize the incorporation of rural cemetery associations and regulate cemeteries” (1 Comp. Stat., p. 372), and on December 12th, of the same year,…