Dickinson v. Mayor of Jersey City
Supreme Court of New Jersey
On certiorari to remove a resolution of the board of fire commissioners of Jersey City, passed December 18th, 1901, making appointments to and promotions in the fire department of the city.
1Opinion of the Court
*100The opinion of the court was delivered by
Fort, J.
On June 5th, 1901, the board of fire commissioners of Jersey City adopted a resolution reciting in its preamble that in its opinion it was necessary for the better protection of life and property “that a new fire engine company be located in the vicinity of Grand street and Manning avenue,” and therein resolved that the board of finance be requested to appropriate the sum of $15,000 for the purchase of the ground and the erection of a suitable building for fire department purposes thereon.
On November 25th, 1901, the board of finance adopted a…
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