Legal Opinion
Worth v. Town of Westfield
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided June 20, 1911PublishedCited by 6 opinions
On certiorari.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Parker, J.
The prosecutors by this writ question the validity and amount of an assessment imposed upon their lands pursuant to an ordinance of the town of Westfield passed August 2d, 1909, to grade, flag and relay existing flagging on the northerly sidewalk of South avenue between certain terminal points named.
A fundamental point raised is that the whole assessment is invalid because the hoard of assessors which imposed it was not a lawful body, and this because the statute for the creation of such board of assessors is unconstitutional as embodying a…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Sproul v. Borough of StocktonSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1905
3Cited by6 opinions
- In Re Public Service Electric and Gas Co.New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1952
- Goshen District Lincoln Land Co. v. Goshen Irrigation DistrictWyoming Supreme Court · 1930
- Schinck v. BD. OF ED. OF WESTWOOD CONSOL. SCHOOL DIST.New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1960
- Bergen Co. Sewer Authority v. Bor. of Little FerryNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1950
- Eccles v. Township CommitteeSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1933
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