Wilson v. Borough of Collingswood

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Parker, J.

The particular proceeding attacked by prosecutors under this writ is a resolution by the council of the borough of Collingswood, providing for the submission to the voters of said borough of the question of the construction of a water works and a water-supply system, and of the issue of bonds for the cost of constructing the same, which resolution was passed April 15th, 1910. There are three principal grounds of attack, to which others may be considered subsidiary. They are—first, that the jurisdiction of the council was ousted by…