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Borough of Edgewater v. Cox

Supreme Court of New Jersey
Feb 20, 1939
4 A.2d 527 (N.J. 1939)

Opinion

Argued January 19, 1938 —

Decided February 20, 1939.

Held, following Coughlin v. Sullivan, 100 N.J.L. 42 , that, as applied to defendant, the ordinance under review constituted an invasion of her fundamental rights.

On certiorari.

Before Justices HEHER and PERSKIE.

For the prosecutor, Milton T. Lasher.

For the defendant, Nancy Cox, Crawford Jamieson and George Slaff and Samuel Slaff (of the New York bar); ( Oscar R. Wilensky, of counsel).


The judgment is affirmed, for the reason expressed in the opinion of Mr. Justice Bodine, rendered on the return to the writ of habeas corpus. 122 N.J.L. 150 .

In our view, the case is ruled by Coughlin v. Sullivan, 100 N.J.L. 42. As applied to defendant, Cox, the ordinance constituted an invasion of her fundamental rights. See Lovell v. Griffin, 303 U.S. 444; 58 S.Ct. 666; 82 L.Ed. 949. The case of Town of Irvington v. Schneider, 120 N.J.L. 460 ; affirmed, 121 Id. 542, is not in point.

Having thus disposed of the meritorious question, it is unnecessary to pass upon the point made by the named defendant, that, under section 53 of the Habeas Corpus act ( Comp. Stat. 1910, p. 2651; R.S. 1937, 2:82-48), prosecutor is without standing to secure a review by certiorari of the order in question.


Summaries of

Borough of Edgewater v. Cox

Supreme Court of New Jersey
Feb 20, 1939
4 A.2d 527 (N.J. 1939)
Case details for

Borough of Edgewater v. Cox

Case Details

Full title:BOROUGH OF EDGEWATER, PROSECUTOR, v. NANCY COX, DEFENDANT

Court:Supreme Court of New Jersey

Date published: Feb 20, 1939

Citations

4 A.2d 527 (N.J. 1939)
4 A.2d 527

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