O'Neill v. Mayor of Hoboken

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Guhmere, Chief Justice.

This action is brought by the plaintiff to recover from the city of Hoboken the amount due upon certain improvement certificates issued by the Hoboken and Weehawken Drainage Commissioners in the year 1868, by authority of an act entitled “An act to provide for the drainage of certain lowlands in the city of Hoboken and the township of Weehawken,” approved April 4th, 1866 (Pamph. L., p. 941), in payment for work done by certain persons, under a contract with the commissioners, in the construction of a drain in Ferry street, in…