Hulett v. Borough of Sea Girt

The opinion of the court was delivered'by

Gummere, Ci-iiee Justice.

The present appellants, who were the complainants below, are owners of tracts of land located in the borough of Sea Girl, abutting on the westerly side of Ocean avenue, a public highway, which runs alongside of and parallel to the ocean. This highway is approximately one hundred feet in width. The borough, in the year 1929, passed an ordinance authorizing the construction of a sixteen-foot boardwalk on the easterly side of the avenue and some eight or ten feet above the level of that side thereof, with ramp approaches to the…