Simmons v. Mayor of Millville

The opinion of the court ivas delivered By

Swayze, J.

The prosecutor seeks to set aside an assessment of benefits for sewers in the city of Millville. The proceedings were had under the act of April 7th, 1890. Pamph. L., p. 192. Only lands fronting on the line of the sewer, and not all of such lands, were assessed. Churches, factories and railroad property were altogether omitted, and the aggregate frontage which thus escaped assessment was large. The report of the commissioners shows that they did not assess in respect to the cost of the work so far as it extended beyond the line of the whole…