State v. Mayor of Jersey City

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Lippincott, J.

This writ brings up for review the final assessment of benefits against the lands of the prosecutors for filling, grading, flagging and draining Germania avenue, in the city of Jersey City, from the northerly line of Thorne street to the southerly line of Carlton avenue.

The commissioners, in their report, have ascertained and determined the total cost of the improvement to be the sum of $24,423.94, and that this total exceeds the aggregate of the amount of the assessable benefits by the sum of $7,593.94, which latter sum is to be borne by…