State v. Mayor of Newark
Supreme Court of New Jersey
This writ of certiorari and fifteen others are prosecuted to-set aside assessments upon t-he lands of the prosecutors for the repaving of Broad street from Central avenue to the canal bridge, and from Market street to William street, in the city of Newark. The prosecutors have assigned for reversal the following-reasons : First.
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This writ of certiorari and fifteen others are prosecuted to-set aside assessments upon t-he lands of the prosecutors for the repaving of Broad street from Central avenue to the canal bridge, and from Market street to William street, in the city of Newark. The prosecutors have assigned for reversal the following-reasons : First. Because it appears, from the report thereof, that the said assessment for said repaving was made in accordance with the provisions of the charter of the city of Newark, approved March 11th, 1857, and its supplements; that by said charter and its supplements the power…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Dixon, J.
The first reason presents no difficulty. The laws on which this assessment rests are the charter of Newark with its supplements, and “ An act relating to the improvement of streets and the construction of sewers in the cities of this state,” passed March 27th, 1882. Pamph. J., p. 190. Treating all these laws as valid, and construing them together, they provide {Pamph. L. 1882, p. 190, § 2,) that streets may be repaved without the request or consent of property-owners; (section 1) that the money needed for such improvements may be raised in…
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