Salsbury v. Gaskin

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Fort, J.

The writ in this case brings up an order of the Common Pleas of Monmouth county to lay out a private road in Long Branch.

Long Branch is a part of Ocean township, and its local government, in so far as it is separated from the township government, is by a commission elected by the people.

The original act creating the commission was approved April 11th, 1867, and the only supplements of interest to this case were approved in 1873 and 1875, respectively. Pamph. L. 1867, p. 976; Pamph. L. 1873, p. 548; Pamph. L. 1875, p. 477.

Section 2 of the act of…