Moreau v. Board of Chosen Freeholders

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dixon, J.

This cerliora-ri is prosecuted to- set aside certain proceedings taken in supposed pursuance of a statute approved March 5th, 1902 (Pamph. L., p. 20), intended to *481empower boards of chosen., freeholders to- acquire additional accommodations for holding the courts. The chief ground of attack is that the statute is unconstitutional.

The leading provisions ■ of the statute are that, as a preliminary step- to the acquisition of such accommodations, the justice of the Supreme Court presiding in the judicial district of which the county forms a part,…