Legal Opinion

State ex rel. Attorney General v. Mayor of Somers Point

Supreme Court of New Jersey

Decided November 15, 1889PublishedCited by 8 opinions

On information filed by the attorney general ex officio. On demurrer to the plea.

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Depue, J.

The borough of Somers Point was incorporated under an act of the legislature, entitled “An act for the formation of borough governments in seaside resorts,” approved March 29th, 1878. Pamph. L., p. 232; Rev. Sup., p. 942. The object of the information filed by the attorney general ex officio is to test the constitutionality of the act under which this municipal corporation was organized.

The contention against the validity of this' corporation is founded upon the prohibitory clauses contained in paragraph 11, section 7 of article IV. of the…

2Cited by8 opinions

  1. Eckerson v. City of Des MoinesSupreme Court of Iowa · 1908
  2. Wilentz v. HendricksonNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1943
  3. Hall v. Bell CountyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1911
  4. Cooper v. SpringerSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1901
  5. Sherwood v. Bergen-Hackensack Sanitary Sewer AuthoritySupreme Court of New Jersey · 1946

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