Conover v. Old

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Swayze, J.

This is an application by a citizen and taxpayer of Camden for leave to file a quo warranto against a member of the common council. The ground relied upon is that the defendant is not a citizen of the United States. The proof is that the defendant was born in England in 1853; his father came to the United States in the winter of 1853-1854, leaving the defendant with his grandparents in England. The father resided in the west for some years, but returned to Vine-land, in this state, shortly before 1867, when the respondent, then fourteen years…