State v. City of Cape May
Supreme Court of New Jersey
On certiorari. This certiorari brings up for review a certain resolution and ordinance of the city of Cape May. The resolution was adopted by the city council of the city of Cape May, June 4th, 1895, and is as follows : “ Whereas, The Delaware Bay, Cape May and Sewell’s Point Railroad Company, without the sanction or authority of the city council, on the 28th day of May last, made an' extension of its road by laying an additional track on Beach avenue, from the Sea Breeze…
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On certiorari. This certiorari brings up for review a certain resolution and ordinance of the city of Cape May. The resolution was adopted by the city council of the city of Cape May, June 4th, 1895, and is as follows : “ Whereas, The Delaware Bay, Cape May and Sewell’s Point Railroad Company, without the sanction or authority of the city council, on the 28th day of May last, made an' extension of its road by laying an additional track on Beach avenue, from the Sea Breeze Hotel westward to the end of Beach avenue drive, a distance of about fifteen hundred feet, the effect of which is…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Lippincott, J.
The prosecutor of this writ, a railroad corporation organized under the general laws of this state, is in the operation of an electric street railway for the carriage of passengers in the city of Cape May, under and by virtue of an ordinance approved June 29th, 1892.
There is no contention on the part of the street railway company that it is vested with any power to operate a street railroad on Beach avenue, in the city of Cape May, without the consent of the proper city authorities.
The right to grant the license or permission to use this…
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