Mayor of Jersey City v. Speer
Supreme Court of New Jersey
On certiorari. This writ, which is directed to the judge of the Circuit Court of Hudson county, brings up an order of said judge confirming report Fo. 113 of the commissioners of adjustment of Jersey City.
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On certiorari. This writ, which is directed to the judge of the Circuit Court of Hudson county, brings up an order of said judge confirming report Fo. 113 of the commissioners of adjustment of Jersey City. The commissioners are those appointed under the Martin act of 1886, and the report in question covers unpaid taxes on specific lots of land aggregating, after adjustment, more than $500,000, as follows: Point Breeze Eerry Co., from 1874.......... $146,206 34 Morris & Cummings Dredging Co., from 1883, 17,066 97 Daniel J. O’Leary, from 1883............... 108,239 20 Fational Docks Railway…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Garrison, J.
There are two contentions as to the proper construction of the supplement to the Martin act, approved April 14th, 1891 (Pamph. L., p. 393), i. e., two opposing views as to what was enacted by such supplement. The first of these is that such supplement re-enacted the provisions of the parent act of 1886 as of April 14th, 1891, and hence operated at such later date as did the original act, only where arrearages had accrued prior,to the date of its approval. This is the contention of Jersey City and the other prosecutor.
*37The other contention is…
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