Case Name: ARTHUR E. ARMITAGE, PROSECUTOR, v. CITY OF CAMDEN ET AL., RESPONDENTS
Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Decision Date: 1927-01-18
Citations: 5 N.J. Misc. 129
Docket Number: 
Parties: ARTHUR E. ARMITAGE, PROSECUTOR, v. CITY OF CAMDEN ET AL., RESPONDENTS.
Judges: 
Reporter: New Jersey Miscellaneous Reports
Volume: 5
Pages: 129–129

Head Matter:
ARTHUR E. ARMITAGE, PROSECUTOR, v. CITY OF CAMDEN ET AL., RESPONDENTS.
Decided January 18, 1927.
Before Justices Black and Campbell.
Eor the prosecutor, Walter Garson.
Eor.the respondents, Howard L. Miller.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
This writ brings up for review á resolution of the board of commissioners of the city of Camden, passed August 12th, 1926, submitting to the legal voters of that city for their action, by approval or disapproval, a proposed ordinance permitting baseball games, either amateur or professional, on Sundays.
There are several reasons argued why this resolution should be set aside, but the matter can be disposed of under a single one of these, and that is that no action taken or to be taken by the authorities of the city of Camden, or the legal voters thereof, in the face of an emphatic and positive legislative declaration of policy, can be effective. This is so fundamental that no citation of authorities is called for.
The proposed ordinance, if adopted, would by its terms legalize acts in the city of Camden which the supreme law making body of the state has prohibited by that legislation known as the Yice and Immorality act.
The resolution under review must therefore be set aside, with costs.