Lord v. Gifford

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Hendrickson, J.

This writ brings up from the Monmouth Pleas the proceedings and return of surveyors of the highways, laying out a public road in the township of Neptune, in the county of Monmouth. One of the reasons urged for setting aside the return is because the surveyors held their meeting and signed their return, pursuant to appointment by the court, on the 22d day of February, 1900, which, by statute, is made a legal holiday. While this fact appears from the record, we *194do not think the proceedings are thereby rendered invalid. The statute on the…