Seaman v. City of Camden

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Gummere, J.

Pursuant to the authority conferred by the provisions of a supplement to “An act providing for the formation, establishment and government of towns” (Pamph L. 1898, p. 471), the town of Stockton, in the county of Camden, passed an ordinance providing for the construction of a trunk sewer in and along Federal street, from Cooper avenue to Cooper’s creek. While this sewer was in process of construction the town of Stockton was annexed to the city of Camden, by an act of the legislature approved March 24th, 1899. Pamph. L., p. 355. By force of…