New York Central & Hudson River Railroad v. Board of Chosen Freeholders

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Reed, J.

This writ brings np a j udgment of the Supreme Court setting aside certain resolutions of the board of chosen freeholders of Hudson county, which resolutions were brought into the Supreme Court by certiorari.

The resolutions were adopted under the authority of the act passed in 1799 (Gen. Btai., p. 1469), entitled “An act concerning ferries.” This statute enacts that the board of chosen freeholders shall be and they hereby are empowered and directed to fix the rates to be taken at the several ferries within their respective counties, and the…