State v. Clarke

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Lippincott, J.

This writ brings up for review the order of the presiding judge of the Bergen county Common Pleas, directing a special election to be held on March 11th, 1893, of the legal voters, within certain boundaries in the township of Palisade, in the county of Bergen, to vote for or against the incorporation of a proposed borough, to be known by the corporate name of “ The Mayor and Council of the Borough of Tenafly.”

The order herein was made under the provisions of an act of the legislature of this state entitled “An act for the formation of…