CENTRAL R.R. CO. v. JERSEY CITY

No. 203.

209 U.S. 473 (1908)

CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY v. JERSEY CITY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 27, 1908.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Frank Bergen and Mr. William D. Edwards, with whom Mr. George Holmes was on the brief, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Warren Dixon for defendants in error.


MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a writ of error prosecuted to review a judgment sustaining taxes levied by Jersey City upon lands of the plaintiff in error laying between the middle of New York Bay and its low water line on the New Jersey shore. It is argued that this land, although it belonged to New Jersey until conveyed, is not within its jurisdiction, and cannot be taxed under the authority...

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