Hohenstatt v. City of Bridgeton

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Garrison, J.

The question presented by this -writ of certiorari is the lien period of taxes in the city of Bridgeton, in ' the year 1894. The first step taken by the city to enforce its lien was in October, 1897. Two propositions are advanced by the prosecutor — -first, that the lien is for two years only; second, that if it be for three years, it had expired prior to October, 1897.

In my opinion, the lien is for three years. The charter of the city of Bridgeton does not expressly provide that its taxes shall be a lien at all; upon this subject its…