Barkman v. City of Hackensack

Assessments against the properties here involved were set aside by this court on the 28th day of May last, whereupon on the 19th of June following rules were granted at the instance of the city of Hackensack to show cause why the Supreme Court should not “ascertain and determine for what sum said properties should be assessed, and by order or decree fix the amount thereof.”

While counsel for the owners in their brief called attention to the legal status of the application, and therein argued the validity of assessment by the court at the hearing on the rule, it was stipulated that the court…