Case law

Lupfer v. Board of Chosen Freeholders

87 N.J. Eq. 491 · New Jersey Court of Chancery · Apr 21, 1917

Scola v. Board of Education, 77 N. J. Law 73; Shaw v. Tren ton, 49 N. J. Law 339; Van Reipen v. Jersey City, 58 N. J. Law 262. … In Case v. Trenton, 76 N. J.

Board of Education v. Davenport

2 N.J. Misc. 564 · New Jersey Court of Chancery · Jun 20, 1924

Leaming, V. C. (orally). It was probably the purpose of Mrs. … The cases of Schwartzman v. Creveling, 85 N. J. Eq. 402, and Schenck v. Spring Lake Beach Improvement Co., 47 N. J.

Brophy v. Board of Education

12 N.J. Misc. 460 · New Jersey Court of Chancery · May 15, 1934

Lewis, V. 0. The rights of the parties are before this court for the second time. … The deed on which the rights depend came before this court on a bill to quiet title, the decision in which is reported in Board of Education of West Paterson v. Brophy, 90 N. J. Eq. 57; 106 Atl. Rep. 32 .

Harz v. Board of Commerce Navigation

126 N.J. Eq. 9 · New Jersey Court of Chancery · Jul 25, 1939

Stevens v. Paterson and Newark Railroad Co., 34 N.J. Law 532 ; Nixon v. Walter, 41 N.J. Eq. 103 ; reversed, 43 N.J. … Dewey Land Co. v. Stevens, supra.

Board of Commissioners v. Johnson

36 N.J. Eq. 211 · New Jersey Court of Chancery · Oct 15, 1882

Brown ads. Combs, 5 Dutch. 36; Reade v. Reade, 8 T. R. 18; Shine v. Gough, 1 Ball & B. 436. … Obert v. Bordine, Spen. 394; Brown ads. Combs, 5 Dutch. 36. But no such presumption can be made in favor of the complainants, for by the terms of the trust the legal title in no event is to be conveyed to them.

Board of Chosen Freeholders v. Buck

79 N.J. Eq. 472 · New Jersey Court of Chancery · Jan 26, 1912

Beaming, V. C. … State v. Brown, 27 N. J. Law (3 Dutcher) 13, 20; 4 Kent Com. 10.

Hercey v. Board of Chosen Freeholders

99 N.J. Eq. 525 · New Jersey Court of Chancery · Jul 5, 1926

The board of chosen freeholders of Essex county condemned the complainant's property for public use and paid the award into court. … In re William Anthony Sts. ( New York ), 19 Wend, 678; Niederstein v. Cusick, 110 N.Y. Supp. 287 ; affirmed, 195 N.Y. 594 ; North Pennsylvania Railroad Co. v. Davis Leed, 26 Pa. St. 238.

Causte v. Board of Chosen Freeholders

9 N.J. Misc. 2 · New Jersey Court of Chancery · Dec 19, 1930

All extras were ordered by the defendants’ agents in charge of the defendants’ contract with the board of freeholders.

Board of Chosen Freeholders v. Emmerich

57 N.J. Eq. 535 · New Jersey Court of Chancery · Dec 31, 1898

Emery, V. C. In this case the petitioners, the board of freeholders, condemned for a county road a portion of certain premises which were owned by Emmerich and leased to one Distler. … Const. art. 1 ¶ 16; Crane v. Elizabeth, 9 Stew. Eq. 339 (Errors and Appeals, 1882).

State ex rel. Board of Health of Hackensack v. Board of Chosen Freeholders

46 N.J. Eq. 173 · New Jersey Court of Chancery · Oct 15, 1889

Pitney, V. C. … In this they relied upon and followed the case of The Board of Health of Trenton v. Hutchinson, 12 Stew. Eq. 218, as a precedent. That suit was based upon the statute of March 22d, 1883 (P. L. p. 119).

Tucker v. Board of Chosen Freeholders

1 N.J. Eq. 282 · New Jersey Court of Chancery · Apr 15, 1831

The legislature did not intend, in any wise, to prescribe limits to the discretion of the board of freeholders. … Tt appears moreover, by the answer of the defendants, that the board never made a final decision on the application to build the bridge, until May, 1830, when they decided favourably : that although a committee of the board

Brown v. Corn Exchange National Bank, C., Co.

136 N.J. Eq. 430 · New Jersey Court of Chancery · May 5, 1945

Brown, deceased, and a declaration of complainant's rights thereunder. … Snyder v. Warbasse ( Court of Chancery ), 11 N.J. Eq. 463 , 473 .

John Agnew Co. v. Board of Education

83 N.J. Eq. 49 · New Jersey Court of Chancery · Feb 13, 1914

Mueller v. Nugent, infra. … Justice Magie, in Board of Freeholders v. Veghte, 7 N. J. L. J. 145, and Chief-Justice Ewing in the old case of LeBranthwait v. Halsey, 9 N. J. Law 4.

Allen v. Board of Chosen Freeholders

13 N.J. Eq. 68 · New Jersey Court of Chancery · May 15, 1860

All these are matters of discretion, vested in the board by virtue of their office, and in no wise dependant upon the special grant of power to erect the bridge. Thus in Tucker v. … Angell on Tide waters 121; Crowder v. Trickler, 19 Vesey 616; Corning v. Lowerre, 6 Johns. Ch. 439 ; City of Georgetown v. Alexandria Canal Co., 12 Peters 91 ; Bigelow v. The Hartford Bridge Co., 14 Conn. R. 565.

Board of Chosen Freeholders v. Central Railroad

68 N.J. Eq. 500 · New Jersey Court of Chancery · Dec 2, 1904

There is a further insistment made that before the railroad company is authorized to cross the boulevard at grade it must first obtain the consent of the boulevard commissioners, or of the board of chosen freeholders, to … Curley v. Freeholders of Hudson, 66 N. J. Law (37 Vr.) 401 (Supreme Court, 1901). And that court has also determined that under the act “the board has exclusive control of such road.” Hudson v. Bayonne, 54 N. J.

Baird v. Board, C., South Orange

108 N.J. Eq. 91 · New Jersey Court of Chancery · Mar 12, 1931

All the money was taken in and disbursed by employes of the recreation commission — not themselves members of that board or of the board of village trustees. … In activity a corporation is managed by a board of directors; in dissolution by a board of trustees — the former directors.

Board of Public Utility Commissioners v. Sheldon

95 N.J. Eq. 408 · New Jersey Court of Chancery · Mar 18, 1924

Law 505; Board of Freeholders of Essex v. Newark National Bank, 48 N. J. Eq. 51. … The attorney-general, and here the board, may choose the remedy, either at law or in equity, whichever may the more speedily and effectively produce relief. Stockton v. Central Railroad Co., 50 N. J.

Attorney-General ex rel. Gloucester City v. Brown

24 N.J. Eq. 89 · New Jersey Court of Chancery · May 15, 1873

Att’y-Gen. v. N. J. R. R. Co., 2 Green’s Ch. 136 ; Jersey City v. City of Hudson, 2 Beas. 426 ; Att’y-Gen. v. Heishon, 3 C. E. Green 410; Morris & Essex R. R. Co. v. Prudden, 5 C. E. … Rowe v. The Granite Bridge Corporation, 21 Pick. 347 ; M. & E. R. R. Co. v. Prudden, supra.

Howell v. Essex County Road Board

32 N.J. Eq. 672 · New Jersey Court of Chancery · May 15, 1880

State v. City of Newark, 3 Dutch. 186; Tide Water Co. v. Coster, 3 C. E. Gr. 519 ; Matter of Drainage of Lands, 6 Vr. 497 ; State, Agens v. City of Newark, 8 Vr. 415 ; People v. Mayor of Brooklyn, 4 N. Y. 419 . … Morrow v. Dows, 1 Stew.

Wilson v. Board of Chosen Freeholders

83 N.J. Eq. 545 · New Jersey Court of Chancery · Jun 1, 1914

Fixt. 145; Pope v. Skinkle, 45 N. J. Law 39. This rule obtains between individuals and, a fortiori, should it be applied when public property is involved. … This is not, however, to be construed as taking from the board its duty of care and supervision. Costs will be awarded against the board.