State v. Collector of Ocean Township

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Knapp, J.

This writ of certiorari brings up an assessment for taxes made against the prosecutor upon his property lying within the limits of the district which is, by charter, placed under the municipal control of “ The Long Branch Police, Sanitary and Improvement Commission.” The tax levied was for the general purpose of the corporation, and was, by the law, required to be assessed upon the real and personal property within the municipal limits.

Several reasons are assigned for setting aside the tax against the prosecutor.

The reasons, from the first to…