Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of Chancery, the Prerogative Court, And, on Appeal, in the Court of Errors and Appeals, of the State of New Jersey, 3. köideHough & Gillespy, Printers, 1868 |
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... lands , even if it prevents vessels from landing at the side of the complainants ' wharf . 3. The exclusive right of the shore owner , as supposed to exist before the wharf act of 1851 , and as confirmed or conferred by that act , is to ...
... lands , even if it prevents vessels from landing at the side of the complainants ' wharf . 3. The exclusive right of the shore owner , as supposed to exist before the wharf act of 1851 , and as confirmed or conferred by that act , is to ...
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... lands of the company only . 5. An act incorporating a company for the purpose of constructing a rail- road from L. to M. , with no further grant of franchises , would not confer the power of taking lands by the right of eminent domain ...
... lands of the company only . 5. An act incorporating a company for the purpose of constructing a rail- road from L. to M. , with no further grant of franchises , would not confer the power of taking lands by the right of eminent domain ...
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... land , beach , and dock or wharf , " giving metes and bounds , including lands along and on the shore to low water mark . The lands along the shore or high water line , have a front of fifty feet on the shore line ; the lands on the ...
... land , beach , and dock or wharf , " giving metes and bounds , including lands along and on the shore to low water mark . The lands along the shore or high water line , have a front of fifty feet on the shore line ; the lands on the ...
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... lands and premises , calling them the Keyport dock lot , describing it by metes and bounds substantially the same , adding to the description these words : " Also , all the water and docking privileges , charter rights , store - houses ...
... lands and premises , calling them the Keyport dock lot , describing it by metes and bounds substantially the same , adding to the description these words : " Also , all the water and docking privileges , charter rights , store - houses ...
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... lands . This never was the intention of the legislature ; they have not expressed it , and it cannot be added to the act by implication , for it is not necessary to the enjoy- ment of the right granted , in the manner it was intended to ...
... lands . This never was the intention of the legislature ; they have not expressed it , and it cannot be added to the act by implication , for it is not necessary to the enjoy- ment of the right granted , in the manner it was intended to ...
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Page 502 - Court shall inspect the will and see whether it appears to be signed by the testator, or by some other person in his presence and by his direction...
Page 185 - The charter of every corporation that shall hereafter be granted by the Legislature, shall be subject to alteration, suspension, and repeal, in the discretion of the Legislature.
Page 503 - ... declared to be his last will in the presence of two witnesses present at the same time, who shall subscribe their names thereto as witnesses in the presence of the testator.
Page 64 - Individuals or private corporations shall not be authorized to take private property for public use, without just compensation first made to the owners.
Page 547 - That it shall not be lawful, at any time during the said railroad charter, to construct any other railroad or railroads in this State, without the consent of the said companies, which shall be intended or used for the transportation of passengers or merchandise between the cities of New York and Philadelphia, or to compete in business with the railroad authorized by the act to which this supplement is relative, etc.
Page 523 - LC), and applying that principle to the facts of the present case, it seems to me that...
Page 65 - We know of no case, in which a legislative act to transfer the property of A to B, without his consent, has ever been held a constitutional exercise of legislative power in any State in the Union. On the contrary, it has been constantly resisted as inconsistent with just principles, by every judicial tribunal in which it has been attempted to be enforced.
Page 469 - ... a deed absolute on its face may be shown by parol to have been intended as a security.
Page 522 - if the public interest can be, in any way, promoted by the taking of private property, it must rest in the wisdom of the legislature to determine whether the benefit to the public will be of sufficient importance to render it expedient ... to exercise the right of eminent domain, and to authorize an interference with the private rights of individuals for that purpose...
Page 68 - ... some other reason, can be better managed and improved by some joint operation, such as the power of regulating the building of party walls ; making and maintaining partition fences and ditches; constructing ditches and sewers for the draining of uplands or marshes, which can more advantageously be drained by a common sewer or ditch.