State ex rel. McCarthy v. Queen

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Trenchard, J.

These cases come before the court upon informations in the nature of quo warranto, one instituted by a police justice of Jersey City, appointed under an act passed May 18th, 1894 {Pamph. L., p. 451), for a term not to expire until January 1st, 1910, and the other by the city collector of Jersey City, appointed under an act approved March 19th, 1891 {Pmvph. L., p. 198), for a term not to expire until January 1st, 1909.

The defendants were appointed to succeed the relators by virtue of an act entitled “An act concerning the government of…