11 N.J. Misc. 337 | N.J. | 1933
This is a general assessment case in which a number of land owners, pursuant to the statute, appealed to the Circuit Court, there was a full and ample hearing, and the judge, after considering the evidence, and having made a personal inspection of the locus in quo, made substantial cuts in the assessment. The burden of the certiorari is that he was wrong in so doing; that the assessment as reported by the assessment commissioners should not be changed unless there is adequate proof that the assessment commissioners went wrong, and that there is no such proof; also that even as a matter of weight of evidence, the finding of the judge is against it.
In addition to this, the assessment is avowedly and actually on a pure front foot basis. This in itself may be a minor detail and not enough to invalidate the assessment, but is of importance in considering the question how the commissioners did their work. We recognize the rule that a front foot scheme will not invalidate an assessment, provided the conditions are such as to justify it. In the present ease it may be to a certain extent justified; but apart from that, we think the circuit judge had good ground for his findings.
Our examination of the evidence satisfies us that the conclusions and findings of the circuit judge were right, and' the writ will accordingly be dismissed.