Legal Opinion

In re Cleveland

Supreme Court of New Jersey

Decided November 15, 1889PublishedCited by 41 opinions

Writ of error to Supreme Court. The opinion of the Supreme Court is reported in 22 Vroom 319.

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Van Sygblel, J.

An act entitled “An act concerning the government of cities of this state,” approved April 6th, 1889, vests in the respective mayors of the cities of this state the power to appoint the chief municipal officers in substitution for the previously existing methods of appointment.

The law is made operative only in cities which elect to accept it, the provision therefor being as follows: “ That the board of aldermen or common council of any city may, by resolution, or the mayor of any city may, by proclamation, submit the question of the…

2Cited by41 opinions

  1. Eckerson v. City of Des MoinesSupreme Court of Iowa · 1908
  2. State ex rel. Wheeler v. StuhtNebraska Supreme Court · 1897
  3. In Re FreygangNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1957
  4. State v. Mayor of NewarkSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1894
  5. Landis v. AshworthSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1895

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