State v. Mayor of Hoboken

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Lippincott, J.

This writ of certiorari brings into this-court for review an ordinance of the city of Hoboken, entitled “An oi'dinance of the city of Hoboken, giving consent to and authorizing the Hoboken Railroad, Warehouse and Steamship-Connecting Company to make, erect, maintain and operate a railway propelled by electricity on certain streets and avenues in the city of Hoboken, and also to erect poles on certain streets and avenues in the city of Hoboken for the purpose of stringing wires thereon necessary to operate its railway with electric power.”

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