State v. Mayor & Common Council of Jersey City

This certiorari removes the assessments made against the prosecutors, by the assessors of Jersey City, for the county, city, and water taxes of the year 1855. It appears, by the assessment returned and the state of the case agreed upon, that the property is assessed as vacant lots, separate and distinct values being annexed to the *527respective parcels and blocks, amounting in the aggregate to the value of $87,500. It is a part of what was formerly the Coles property. All of it, except a narrow strip five feet in width, is below the ordinary high water mark of the Hudson river. The greater…