Kirtland v. McCloud

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Swayze, J.

The important and fundamental question involved in this case is whether the control of the sidewalks along Park avenue in the city of East Orange is in the Essex county park commission or in the city. Park avenue was formerly controlled by the Essex public road board under the act of 1870 (Pamph. L., p. 181), of which the court will take judicial notice. Rader v. Township of Union, 10 Vroom 509. This act reserved to the local authorities the power to curb and flag sidewalks, excepting where the curbing and flagging had been taken up and liad…