The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-11-13
SUPREME COURT.
Many Important Decisions
Rendered in Trenton
Today.
A. |. GRAHAM SQUELCHED
Legislature Can Consolidate
Municipalities Without
Vote of the People.
Especial to nrhe Jersey city News u

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TRENTON. Nov "a 1904 The sunreme
Court TO-DAY handed down a large batch
of decisions in cases many Of which
effect Jersey CITY and Jersey CITY people.
In the case of the Erie Railroad Company
against Jersey city and the State Board
of Assessors. the CITY wins and is richer
by s345. 900. This case was brought to
determine whether the city or the State
should collect the taxes on the company's
grain elevator. The court decided that
the city should get the taxes. The $S450o0
represents two years taxes only, the
court holding that was al the city could
collect as 1t had not begun its suit sooner.
Corporation Attorney McDermott appear
ed Tor the city and James g. VreaenDursn
represented tne Elevator Company anu
torpln q coroln the raiiroau-
Inc CITY was again suecessiui ~ lne
lla - lne appeal u ~ " =
9 go l.u
pens Sas 80 es.'...ss IN r,,s
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t,,rnal , t,,,t ts,a Court aeo,ded that The as
s.as.,a,,t ,,,,,st -, r,a,d taoa,,sa +re ,ror-
CO. ,s not ,,sea FOR railroad nurnoses.
Mr. .McDermott for the citv and Mr..
1vlaveI Mcfsea for tbe railroad
IN. the case of Cogsgrove against the
Provident Institution for Savings, decision
was given against the bank. This was a
suit for money paid by the bank on a
pass book which had fallen into improper
hands. Mr.. William H. Speer for Cogs-
grove Mr.. Charles Hartshorne for the
bank
The license fee of s2 for milk dealers
charged by the city of Hoboken was de-
clared legal.
In the certiorari proceedings brought by
Christie against the city Of Bavonne to
datarn,ina tbe const,tntionalitv of the act
= sx,,,a +ba afso,,no,,,oan.at.T.are of Paw
sa,ar,, +bo aot ,s declared uncon-
s,t;.,,+,ona1 ps+,icL Elannagan was elect
.,sa-. ana sa,,aro, oi+f.
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80 1S'' 1.s.-,-.-,-ees = 1,,.,,s+ss
~ a. - = : 20 -
Gnu VI
ine appeal u 10y ~
Judgmenl recovered oy .ne wious ~ = ~
Bridge Company IS oismlsseo- iias JUG
ment was recovered against sne city ioi
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duct
The Court declared tnat the act nAins
the term of office OF the Town Clerk OF
Gutenberg at two years was declared
unconstitutional This Gusts the present
Republican clerk and puts Democrat in
office
Hoboken lost the suit which she brought
to have the Hoboken Connecting Rail-
road Company pay taxes to the city in
stead of the State. The Court decided
that the State Board of Assessors should
levy the taxes. Mr.. E. A. D. Lewis ap-
neared for the company and Corporation
Attornav James Minturn. for the city.
One of the most important decisions was
+bat in the case of the annexation of the
Town Of stockton TO the City of Camden.
,r,t,;s .n,axa+,on was acc onniished by a
a;root act ~ the Legislature without any
,,o+a ~ the neonle being taken on the
o,,os+;on The constitutionality of the act
was attacked on the ground that the
esri-l.t,,,,a had no authority to make
- a,r,sxa+ion without affording the
49,, az ornort,,nitv to vote upon the
r,,es+,an The court upholds the act and
declares tbe legislatures action was con-
st,t,,tfonal This Is a most important
decision IN view of the consolidation plans
i,sa,,.s on.s,- oors,derad IN tbis citv.
Mr. Henry G. Kelsey loses his case and
,,,,,st nav hack to the State money which
he retained for fees while Secretary OF
state The Secretary was formerly paid
in fees. but at the beginning of one of Mr..
Kelsev,s terms the law was changed Civ
inp the Secretary a salary and directing
hin, "a turn all the fees received over to