Legal Opinion
Lyon v. City of Elizabeth
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided February 15, 1881PublishedCited by 6 opinions
On motion to set aside levy.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Van Syckel, J.
The plaintiff having recovered a judgment against the city of Elizabeth in this court, caused a writ of fieri facias to be issued thereupon, by virtue of which the sheriff of Union county has levied upon eight several lots of land in said city, and advertised the same for sale to satisfy said judgment.
Lots numbers 1, 2, 3, 4 and'7 were purchased by the city at a sale made under the authority of the city charter for unpaid taxes assessed thereon.
Lots numbers 5 and 6 were conveyed to the city for the purpose of erecting school-houses…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Meriwether v. GarrettSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
- Rees v. City of WatertownSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
- City of Chicago v. HasleyIllinois Supreme Court · 1861
- Clarke v. City of RochersterNew York Supreme Court · 1857
- Emeric v. GilmanCalifornia Supreme Court · 1858
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Grosso v. City of PatersonNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1960
- Borough of Fort Lee, N. J. v. United States ex rel. BarkerCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1939
- ESSEX CTY. BD. OF TAXATION v. City of NewarkNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1976
- County of Bergen v. Dept. of Pub. Util. of NJNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1971
- First Nat. Bank of Chicago v. BMPANew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 2001
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