Cross v. Mayor of Morristown
New Jersey Court of Chancery
Tlie bill in this case was filed by the complainant in behalf of himself and such other owners of lots on South street, in Morristown, as might come in and claim relief, &c.
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Tlie bill in this case was filed by the complainant in behalf of himself and such other owners of lots on South street, in Morristown, as might come in and claim relief, &c. The principal matters stated in the bill were these: that the complainant was the owner of a lot of land, on which was a dwelling-house and other buildings; that said dwelling-house stood back fifteen or twenty feet from the street fence, which fence had been erected in its present position about twenty-six or twenty-seven years ago, and had been maintained in the same place ever since its erection; that complainant had a…
1Opinion of the Court
The Chief Justice, sitting as Master.
When the bill in this cause was filed, the municipal authorities of Morristown were in the act of altering the grade of one of the principal streets of said town, called South street, and of widening the wagon or carriage-way of such street. In the doing-of this work they had encroached on the sidewalks, as before established, and had dug away the earth around the shade trees standing along the outer edge of such sidewalks. The complainant is the owner of a lot and dwelling-house upon this street, and this property was subjected to this treatment at the…
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