79 N.J. Eq. 645 | N.J. | 1912
In 1892 commissioners appointed under the Martin act for the city of Jersey City made a report adjusting the taxes upon certain property in that municipality, including the property of the complainant. The complainant’s property was sold by Jersey
The decree appealed from must be affirmed. The relief sought by the complainant is not one which a court of equity can grant. Assuming it to be true that the proceedings which she attacks were invalid, her sole remedy was to apply for a certiorari to the supreme court. This was the decision of this court in Jersey City v. Lembeck, 31 N. J. Eq. (4 Stew.) 255, and the soundness of that decision has never been questioned since its rendition in 1879.
The fact that the complainant waited so long before applying to the courts as to be barred from relief by certiorari cannot operate to vest the court of chancery with jurisdiction to grant her the' relief which she seeks. Goodwin v. Millville, 75 N. J. Eq. (5 Buch.) 270.