Cook v. Mayor of City of Bayonne

The opinion of the court was delivered hy

Parker, J.

The prosecutrix claims to have been illegally assessed for local taxes upon certain lands under water in Newark bay for the years 1901 to 1906, inclusive.

The writ of certiorari in this case was allowed on May 13th, 1910, presumably when applied for or within a few days thereafter) and the case might well be disposed of on the ground of laches, the latest taxes brought up dating back over three years, and the earliest over eight years. Pompton Steel Co. v. Wayne Township, 36 Vroom 487. But we consider also that prosecutrix should not succeed…