Essex Public Road Board v. Skinkle
Supreme Court of the United States
EEEOE TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY The case is thus stated in the opinion of the Court of Errors and Appeals of New Jersey, delivered by Mr. Justice Parker, and reported in 49 N. J. Law, (20 Yroom) 641, 664: “ ‘ The Essex Public Eoad Board ’ was. created by an act of the legislature, approved March 31st, 1869. The object of the act was to create a body charged with the duty of constructing and maintaining a better class of public carriage roads in the…
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EEEOE TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY The case is thus stated in the opinion of the Court of Errors and Appeals of New Jersey, delivered by Mr. Justice Parker, and reported in 49 N. J. Law, (20 Yroom) 641, 664: “ ‘ The Essex Public Eoad Board ’ was. created by an act of the legislature, approved March 31st, 1869. The object of the act was to create a body charged with the duty of constructing and maintaining a better class of public carriage roads in the county of Essex. “ The fifth section of the act provides for the assessment of damages sustained by owners of lands taken…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Fuller
Was the obligation of a contract impaired, or plaintiff deprived of property without due process of law, by the act of March 31, 1882.?
The argument is that, because the real estate assessed might, in the absence of purchasers at the sale to enforce the assessment, be struck off to the board for the term of fifty years, under the 5th section of the act of 1875, (Laws of N. J. 1875, 420,) and might “ be held and sold, assigned and disposed of by said board, for the use of the county, with all the rights and privileges of a purchaser at such sale,” the board, whenever this happened, became…
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