Sears v. Mayor of Atlantic City

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Gummere, Chief Justice.

A certiorari allowed in this case brought into the Supreme Court for review an ordinance of the common council of Atlantic City, requiring that a designated portion of Atlantic avenue be paved with asphalt, or bithulithie, pavement, and directing that the cost of such improvement should be assessed upon the land and. real estate benefited therebj', to the extent of the benefit received. It was hold by the Supreme Court that the ordinance was invalid, because it was passed without notice to those property owners who were affected…