Butler v. Board of Commissioners

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dixon, J.

On August 5th, 1898, the commissioners of the town of Keyport adopted an ordinance authorizing the extension, widening and opening of Mott street, and at the same time confirmed the award for damages and assessments for benefits previously made by commissioners of assessment because of the proposed improvement. Among the assessments was one of $50 against the prosecutor.

In the widening of the street thus contemplated, a strip of land two hundred feet long and thirty-five feet wide, belonging to the Freehold and Atlantic Highlands Railroad…