Legal Opinion
Fagan v. Payne
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided November 15, 1904PublishedCited by 4 opinions
On error to the Supreme Court, whose opinion is reported in 41 Vroom 341, sub nom. In re Fagan, Mayor, &c.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Reed, J.
By the act of 1891 (Pamph. L., p. 249; Gen. Slat., p. 465), the mayors of cities of the first class were directed to appoint five persons as street and water commissioners — one for the term of three years, two for the term of four years and two for the term of five years — and, at the expiration of the term of service of each of these commissioners, others were to be appointed in their place for the term of five years. In 1894 (Pamph. L., p. 524; Gen. Stat., p. 465), a supplement to the preceding act was passed, the purpose of the supplement…
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