Supreme Court of New Jersey

Henry I. Budd, State Commissioner of Public Roads, Relator v. William S. Hancock

February 25, 190166 N.J.L. 133

Summary

The Supreme Court of New Jersey held that the 1900 statute increasing the salary of the State Commissioner of Public Roads during his term was not a constitutionally prohibited special law. Accordingly, the commissioner was entitled to the increased compensation and the court issued a peremptory mandamus directing payment.