Legal Opinion
City of Passaic v. Paterson Bill Posting, Advertising & Sign Painting Co.
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided June 13, 1904PublishedCited by 4 opinions
On certiorari.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Van Syckel, J.
The defendant company was convicted in the city of Passaic of violating the following city ordinance and fined $25:
“Section 1. Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Passaic, That no sign or billboard of wood or metal now in existence or hereafter to be erected upon uprights or other supports extending into the ground ox otherwise, shall be at any point more than eight feet above the surface of the ground, and the same shall be constructed not less than ten feet from the street line, and shall be supported and braced in a…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Matter of Application of JacobsNew York Court of Appeals · 1885
- Rideout v. KnoxMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1889
- City of Rochester v. . WestNew York Court of Appeals · 1900
3Cited by4 opinions
- City of Passaic v. Paterson Bill Posting & Advertising & Sign Painting Co.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1905
- City of New York v. M. Wineburgh Advertising Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1907
- Westfield Motor Sales Co. v. Town of WestfieldNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1974
- Atlantic City v. AbbottSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1906