Board of Chosen Freeholders v. Essex County Park Commission

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Garrison, J.

The controversy in this case is between the Essex County Park Commission and the board of chosen freeholders of that county. The issue is presented by a demurrer filed by the former to the return made by the latter to an alternative writ of mandamus. The prayer of the re*377lators was for a mandamus to compel the board of chosen freeholders to issue bonds to the amount of $500,000 to meet the expenses incurred by the commission. The return of the freeholders to the alternative writ set up the acceptance by the voters of the county of a…