State v. Assessors of Taxes
Supreme Court of New Jersey
On motion to quash a return to a writ of peremptory mandamus and to attach the defendants for contempt for disobedience of the commands of the writ.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Reed, J.
The rules, now the subject of contention, are taken in proceedings to collect a judgment recovered against the city of Rahway.
The litigation, at the earlier stage, was before this court at the February Term, 1889. A motion was made at that term, by the board of assessors of Rahway, to quash the writ of peremptory mandamus which had been issued and served upon them, commanding them to assess the judgment mentioned. The determination of the court, in respect to that motion, appears in the case as reported in 22 Vroom 279. I lithe opinion there…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Thompson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1881
- Jones v. City of JeffersonTexas Supreme Court · 1886
- Badger v. United States Ex Rel. BollesSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
- People ex rel. Illinois Midland Railway Co. v. Supervisor of Barnett TownshipIllinois Supreme Court · 1881
- Brown v. Assessors of TaxesSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1889