Legal Opinion
State v. Long Branch Police, Sanitary & Improvement Commission
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided November 15, 1896PublishedCited by 4 opinions
On certiorari.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Dixon, J.
This certiorari brings up a resolution adopted August 14th, 1896, by the Long Branch commission directing the payment to the Barber Asphalt Company of $900 for interest on notes of the commission held by said company. The reasons presented for setting aside the resolution are, in effect, these—first, that the action of the commission should have been taken by ordinance; second, that the votes of five members of the commission were necessary, while only four *372were received; and third, that the commission had no power to pay the debt represented…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Hitchcock v. GalvestonSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
- Moore v. . MayorNew York Court of Appeals · 1878
- Cumming v. Mayor of BrooklynNew York Court of Chancery · 1845
3Cited by4 opinions
- Booth v. Midvale CityUtah Supreme Court · 1919
- City of Pauls Valley v. CarterSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1925
- Long Branch Police, Sanitary & Improvement Commission v. DobbinsSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1898
- Township of South Hackensack v. Federal Deposit Ins.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1940