Waldron v. Rowe

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Parker, J.

The information charges both Rove and Soffel with usurpation of the office of city auditor of the city of Newark. As the ease has developed on the record and briefs, the question to be determined is, Which one of them was, at the date of filing the information, entitled to the office? And the determination of this question depends upon the effect to be given to the act of 1907 (Pamph. L., p. 705, superseding Pamph. L., p. 680; Comp. Stat., p. 964, pl. 1376), entitled “$m act concerning the government of cities of the first class,” and which…