PROVIDENT INSTITUTION v. JERSEY CITY


113 U.S. 506 (1885)

PROVIDENT INSTITUTION FOR SAVINGS v. MAYOR & ALDERMEN OF JERSEY CITY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 2, 1885.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Charles H. Hartshorne for appellant. —

Mr. William Brinkerhoff for defendants in error.


MR. JUSTICE BRADLEY delivered the opinion of the court. He recited the facts as above stated and continued:

The ground on which the decision below was placed was, that the laws having made the water rents a charge on the land, with a lien prior to all other encumbrances, in the same manner as taxes and assessments, the complainant took its mortgages subject to this condition, whether the water was introduced on to the lot...

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