Dean v. Mayor of Paterson
Dean v. Mayor of Paterson
Opinion of the Court
Tbe opinion of the court was delivered by
Tbe opinion of Mr. Justice Hendrickson, in tbe Supreme Court in this case, is a clear and correct enunciation of the legal principles applicable to this cause, and it might very properly be affirmed upon that opinion. It will be unnecessary to refer to any matter considered in that opinion. Dean v. Paterson, 38 Vroom 199.
Among tbe reasons assigned for reversal in this case is tbe following:
“Because tbe Supreme Court decided that there was a benefit accruing to the abutting property owners from tbe new curbing.”
The Supreme Court, in Van Wagoner v. Paterson, 38 Vroom 455, lately said, in a case like this: “The principle upon which the assessment was laid is certified by the commissioners to be according to the peculiar benefits of each lot or parcel of land, and the Circuit Court, after hearing evidence upon that point, including an examination of the commissioners, found that the assessment had been so made. This finding of fact will not be reviewed here. Whether the assessment was laid by the commissioners according to the peculiar benefits received was the very question at issue before the Circuit Court upon the rule to confirm—a question over which that court had jurisdiction and upon which it was required to pass. In such a case the rule is that where the facts are found by a trial judge, and there is evidence to sustain such finding, this court will not review his conclusions thereon.” Van Wagoner v. Paterson, supra; City of Elizabeth v. Hill, 10 Vroom 555; Blackford v. Plainfield Gaslight Co., 14 Id. 438, 440; Brewster v. Banta, 37 Id. 367.
This is a correct statement of the rule of law applicable to such cases, and the Supreme Court .therefore would have been
Reference
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- JAMES B. DEAN, IN ERROR v. THE MAYOR AND ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF PATERSON, IN ERROR
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