Legal Opinion
Attorney-General ex rel. Pierson v. Cady
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided March 12, 1913PublishedCited by 2 opinions
On quo warranto.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Swayze, J.
The relators claim title to the office of chosen freeholders of Union county, under the act of 1902, amended *55in 1908 (Comp. Stat., p. 509, pl. 131), and revised in 1912. Pamph. L., p. 619. The defendants claim title to the same office under the legislation existing prior to the act of 1902. The act of 1902 was to take effect only when adopted by vote of the legal voters of the county. An attempt to adopt it had been made in Union county in 1911.
The county of Union is a county of the second class, that is, a county with a population of not…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Bott v. Secretary of StateSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1898
- State v. Inhabitants of KearnySupreme Court of New Jersey · 1892
- Common Council of Beverly v. WalnSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1894
- Sautter v. Supreme Conclave Improved Order of HeptasophsSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1907
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