State v. Board of Street & Water Commissioners

The certiorari which brought this matter' before the Supreme Court brought up an ordinance of the board of street and water commissioners of the city of Newark, passed March 1st, 1900, entitled “An ordinance granting permission to the Prudential Insurance Company of America to erect, construct and maintain an arch over and upon Bank street, in the city of Newark, between Broad street and Halsey street, and connecting the same with the buildings of the said company now being erected on both sides of the street.” The writ was sued out by Joseph A. Beecher and others, who were owners of real…