Mayor of Jersey City v. Hamilton

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dixon, J.

The mayor and aldermen of Jersey City instituted proceedings under the act of March 20th, 1900 {Pamph. L., p. 79), to condemn lands for a public water-supply. Commissioners, being drily appointed, made their award on June 14th, 1902, and on June 23d, 1902, the city appealed therefrom to the Circuit Court of Passaic county in accordance with the act. On June 30th, 1902, the city, pursuant to the eighth section of the statute, paid the sum awarded into the Court of Chancery, alleging that it could not safely pay the money to the landowner,…