Brown v. "Street Lighting District Number One"

Supreme Court of New Jersey

Brown v. "Street Lighting District Number One"

58 A. 115, 71 N.J.L. 79, 42 Vroom 79, 1904 N.J. Sup. Ct. LEXIS 95

DecidedJune 13, 1904

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Brown v. "Street Lighting District Number One", 58 A. 115, 71 N.J.L. 79, 42 Vroom 79, 1904 N.J. Sup. Ct. LEXIS 95 (N.J. 1904).

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Opinion

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Tan Syckel, J.

The prosecutor sued out the writ in this case to set aside a contract awarded to the Carteret Electric 'Light and Power Company for lighting Woodbridge.

The prosecutor is a taxpayer and is a resident in said lighting district.

[80]*80Ephraim Cutter, one of the commissioners who awarded the contract to the Carteret company, is a stockholder in said company, and therefore the contract is without validity and should be set aside. Winans v. Crane, 7 Vroom 394; Traction Company v. Board of Works, 27 Id. 431; Foster v. Cape May, 31 Id. 78.

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The opinion of the court was delivered by

Tan Syckel, J.

The prosecutor sued out the writ in this case to set aside a contract awarded to the Carteret Electric 'Light and Power Company for lighting Woodbridge.

The prosecutor is a taxpayer and is a resident in said lighting district.

[80]*80Ephraim Cutter, one of the commissioners who awarded the contract to the Carteret company, is a stockholder in said company, and therefore the contract is without validity and should be set aside. Winans v. Crane, 7 Vroom 394; Traction Company v. Board of Works, 27 Id. 431; Foster v. Cape May, 31 Id. 78.

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58 A. 115, 71 N.J.L. 79, 42 Vroom 79, 1904 N.J. Sup. Ct. LEXIS 95, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/brown-v-street-lighting-district-number-one-nj-1904.