Legal Opinion
Morris & Cummings Dredging Co. v. Mayor of Jersey City
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided June 18, 1900PublishedCited by 3 opinions
On error to the Supreme Court. For opinion of the Supreme Court, see ante p. 142.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Dixon, J.
Certain resolutions passed by the board of street and water commissioners of Jersey City, on October 19th, 1898, relating to Chapel avenue, were removed to the Supreme Court by writ of certiorari prosecuted by the Morris and Cummings Dredging Company, and were set aside by that court, whose judgment is now brought here for review.
The first question is whether the company had such an interest as entitled it to prosecute the certiorari.
The proceedings of the board did not contemplate any direct interference with the lands of the company, or any…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Clark v. City of ElizabethSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1898
- Moran v. Mayor of Jersey CitySupreme Court of New Jersey · 1896
- Read v. City of CamdenSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1892
3Cited by3 opinions
- American Malleables Co. v. Town of BloomfieldSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1912
- Specht v. Central Passenger Railway Co.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1909
- State v. Board of Street & Water CommissionersSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1900