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Hirsch v. Burk

Supreme Court of New Jersey

Decided July 10, 1912PublishedCited by 3 opinions

On certiorari.

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Voorhees, J.

The prosecutor in this case was appointed assistant secretary-treasurer of the Trenton Water Works by the board of water commissioners, created by an act of the legislature approved March 1st, 1859. Pamph. L., p. 38. ,

The fact that he was an appointee of the water commissioners created by this act, differentiates his case, he contends, from Ziegler v. Burk, post p. 207, which otherwise is controlling.

This act empowers the water commissioners to sue and be sued, prosecute and defend actions in the name of the Water Commissioners of the City…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Beenan v. People ex rel. KrausIllinois Supreme Court · 1898
  2. Board of Water Commissioners v. People ex rel. City of SpringfieldIllinois Supreme Court · 1891
  3. Morton v. PowerSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1885
  4. Cohn v. Common CouncilSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1905

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Monte v. MilatNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1952
  2. City of Camden v. South Jersey Port Com'nNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1949
  3. Board of Trustees v. GriffinSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1915

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