Mayor of Newark v. North Jersey Street Railway Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dixon, J.

The city of Newark has a rule requiring the North Jersey Street Railway Company to show cause why a mandamus should not issue to compel the company to give transfers to its passengers within the city under certain circumstances, in which the company denies its obligation to do so, and this rule is now before us for consideration.

The claim of the city is based upon its construction of the municipal ordinances.

Tie have not been able to find that these ordinances possess any legislative force with regard to the matter now in dispute, viz., the…