Sheppard v. City of Edison

I dissent from the ruling made in the 8th headnote. The evidence in this case shows that the municipal authorities took all the preliminary steps essential to valid condemnation proceedings, which includes bona fide negotiations for the purchase of the property which in their judgment was necessary for school purposes, a bona fide tender of an amount equal to the value of the property, as the court was authorized to find from the evidence, and notice duly given. But in section 18-G- of the act approved August 4, 1923, it is provided that “All notices shall be directed to the owner or owners,…