Thompson v. Ocean City Railroad
Supreme Court of New Jersey
On certiorari. This writ brings up the following ordinance of the borough of Ocean City: “An ordinance granting to the Ocean.City Railroad Company the right to occupy longitudinally a portion of Haven avenue, from Fifty-ninth street to First street, in Ocean City, Hew Jersey.
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On certiorari. This writ brings up the following ordinance of the borough of Ocean City: “An ordinance granting to the Ocean.City Railroad Company the right to occupy longitudinally a portion of Haven avenue, from Fifty-ninth street to First street, in Ocean City, Hew Jersey. “ Whereas, The Ocean City Railroad Company has been duly incorporated under the laws of this state to operate a railroad between Petersburg, Cape May county, Hew Jersey, and Ocean City, in the said county and state;' “And whereas, The said Ocean City Railroad Company desires to lay its tracks through Ocean City, on Haven…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Depue, J.
The Ocean City Railroad Company, to which the right to occupy Plaven avenue longitudinally with its *77tracks was granted by this ordinance, is not a street railway company. It was incorporated under the General Railroad act and located a double-track railroad ten miles long, as a branch of the South Jersey Railroad Company. The ordinance authorizes the laying of the company’s tracks longitudinally through the avenue, from Fifty-ninth street to First street. An inspection of the ordinance will disclose how completely the city council proposes to…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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