City of Elizabeth v. Central Railroad
Supreme Court of New Jersey
On rule to show cause why a verdict for the plaintiff in ejectment should not be set aside.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Dixon, J.
The main question in this controversy is, whether the disputed land, which has a width of ninety-four feet fronting upon the waters of Arthur’s Kill, at Elizabeth, and a depth of about one hundred and thirty-two feet, is a-public highway or not.
The first subsidiary question involves the construction of a-' colonial statute, passed June 20th, 1765 (All. L., p. 269), en*492'titled “An act to alter so much of the road leading from Elizabethtown to the point commonly called Elizabethtown Point as goes through the tract called the Point Tract, and…
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