Sandford v. Board of Township Committee
Supreme Court of New Jersey
On certiorari. Motion to confirm assessment. Davis avenue, in the township of Kearny, was originally opened, graded, guttered and flagged in 1874, under an ordinance of the board of township committee of said township, which ordinance was passed in accordance with- the provisions of “An act for the improvement of the township of Kearny, in the county of Hudson,” approved April 8th, 1871. On November 6th, 1876, an assessment therefor by commissioners-was made against the land…
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On certiorari. Motion to confirm assessment. Davis avenue, in the township of Kearny, was originally opened, graded, guttered and flagged in 1874, under an ordinance of the board of township committee of said township, which ordinance was passed in accordance with- the provisions of “An act for the improvement of the township of Kearny, in the county of Hudson,” approved April 8th, 1871. On November 6th, 1876, an assessment therefor by commissioners-was made against the land of Ebenezer Sandford- and others-in the name of the Newark Land Company. Later in 1876 this assessment was set aside…
1Opinion of the Court
After stating the facts as above, the opinion of the court was delivered by
Garrison, J.
The report of the three commissioners appointed by this court at the November Term, 1888, to reassess, for certain improvements, lands in the township of Kearny, having been presented at February Term, 1889, Sandford, as a property owner assessed, objects to the confirmation thereof.
At the threshold a question is raised as to his standing in court for any purpose connected with this report at the present time. It is urged that there is neither practice nor authority for permitting any matter to be litigated…
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