Booth v. Sargeant

The relator, the county treasurer of the county of Essex, obtained a rule to show cause why a peremptory writ of mandamus should not issue to compel the designated officers and governing body of the town of Belleville, in the county of Essex, to pay the state and county taxes then in default, to the relator.

The factual situation in this case, so far as the decision of the case is concerned, is in effect similar to that in Booth v. Parnell, 12 N. J. Mis. R. 413, and the principles of law applicable thereto are to be found in that decision and in the case of Tipping v. Dougherty, 11 N. J. Mis.…