Legal Opinion
Bridgewater v. Ocean City Ass'n
New Jersey Court of Chancery
Decided December 15, 1915PublishedCited by 11 opinions
On final hearing.
1Opinion of the Court
Backes, V. C.
The fundamental rights upon which the complainants in these cases rest their claim to relief are established by the judgment of the court of errors and appeals in Lennig v. Ocean City Association, 11 N. J. Eq. 606, and in Bridgewater v. Ocean City Railroad, 62 N. J. Eq. 276; affirmed, 63 N. J. Eq. 798. The Ocean City Association, in 1880, launched a building scheme by subdividing a large tract of land located between the Atlantic ocean and Great Egg Harbor bay, Cape May county, which has since become Ocean City, into streets and building lots, and as an inducement to prospective…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Murray v. BallouNew York Court of Chancery · 1815
- Hoboken v. Pennsylvania RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
- Kitteridge v. ChapmanSupreme Court of Iowa · 1873
- Baldwin v. SagerIllinois Supreme Court · 1873
- Rush v. MitchellSupreme Court of Iowa · 1887
3Cited by11 opinions
- Aiello v. Knoll Golf ClubNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1960
- Bright v. Forest Hill Park Development Co.New Jersey Court of Chancery · 1943
- Newark v. CookNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1926
- Bankers Trust Co. v. MaxsonNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1926
- Storch v. TeppermanNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1926
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