TOWN OF MORRISTOWN v. WOMAN'S CLUB


124 N.J. 605 (1991)

592 A.2d 216

TOWN OF MORRISTOWN, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. WOMAN'S CLUB OF MORRISTOWN AND ATTORNEY GENERAL OF NEW JERSEY, DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided July 15, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Olson argued the cause for appellant (McKirdy and Riskin, attorneys; Thomas Olson and Brian M. Hak, on the briefs).

Clifford W. Starrett argued the cause for respondent Woman's Club of Morristown (Schenck, Price, Smith & King, attorneys; Sheilah O'Halloran, on the brief).

Mary R. Hamill, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent Attorney General of New Jersey (Robert J. Del Tufo, Attorney General, attorney; Mary C. Jacobson, Deputy Attorney General, of counsel).


The opinion of the Court was delivered by GARIBALDI, J.

This appeal concerns a statutory exemption from New Jersey real-estate taxes by New Jersey for buildings owned by nonprofit corporations and officially certified as historic sites. N.J.S.A. 54:4-3.52. Plaintiff, Town of Morristown, urges that the statute on its face violates the requirement under the tax article of the New Jersey constitution that "property shall be assessed for taxation under general...

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