Legal Opinion
Essex County Park Commission v. Town of West Orange
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided November 11, 1907PublishedCited by 5 opinions
On certiorari.
1Opinion of the Court
*377The opinion of the court was delivered by
Pitney, J.
This writ brings up a tax assessed in the year 1906 by the township of West Orange against the Essex County Park Commission, upon certain land situate in the township; and also brings under review a judgment of the state board of equalization reversing an order of the county board of taxation of Essex county, which board had ordered the tax in question to be struck out of the tax duplicate.
The Essex County Park Commission was organized pursuant to the act of March 5th, 1895, entitled “An act to establish public parks in certain counties in…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Board of Chosen Freeholders v. Essex County Park CommissionSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1898
- Grace v. Board of Chosen FreeholdersNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1906
3Cited by5 opinions
- Town of Secaucus v. Hudson County Board of TaxationSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1993
- Philadelphia, Baltimore & Washington Railroad v. Mayor & Council of WilmingtonCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1948
- Essex County Park Commission v. Town of West OrangeSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1909
- Township of Cranford v. Township of HopeNew Jersey Tax Court · 1982
- Town of Secaucus v. Hudson County Board of TaxationSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1993