Supreme Court of New Jersey, 1886

Board of Chosen Freeholders v. Buck

Supreme Court of New Jersey · Decided November 15, 1886 · Affirmance, Beasley, Brown, Clement, Cole, Depue, Dixon, Magie, None, Parker, Reed, Reversal, Scudder, Syckel, Whitaker

49 N.J.L. 228; 7 A. 860; 1886 N.J. LEXIS 8

Cases that cite this one

4 later published cases cite this decision.

Phair v. Federal Deposit Ins. Corporation (District Court, D. New Jersey 1947)
United States v. Britten (3d Cir. 1947)
Trafton v. Bainbridge (New Jersey Court of Chancery 1939)
Hagerty v. Work (Wash. 1917)

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Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Beasley, Chief Justice.

The statute entitled “An act to make certain roads, constructed by commissioners under the authority of the legislature, county roads, and to provide for the payment of the expenses of constructing by the county, and for the mode of maintaining and repairing the same” (Pamph. L. 1883, p. 225), is the foundation of the suit, and as we think that this act is applicable to the county of Hudson alone, and can never be applied in any other locality, and is therefore plainly unconstitutional, the judgment in this case must be reversed.

For affirmance — None. For reversal — The Chief Justice, Depue, Dixon, Magie, Parker, Reed, Scudder, Van Syckel, Brown, Clement, Cole, Whitaker. 12.

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