CITY OF NEWARK v. CHARLES REALTY CO.


9 N.J. Super. 442 (1950)

74 A.2d 630

THE CITY OF NEWARK, v. CHARLES REALTY COMPANY, DEFENDANT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Essex County Court Law Division.

Decided June 27, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Charles Handler, Mr. Louis Weiss, of counsel, for complainant-appellee.

Mr. John J. Clancy, by Mr. Joseph A. Hayden, for defendant-appellant.

Mr. John Cervase for the Newark Citizens Housing Committee, amicus curiae.


HARTSHORNE, J.C.C.

These three appeals, consolidated for trial, are test cases to question the constitutionality of the municipal ordinances, the basis of the many penal proceedings recently instituted by the City of Newark, as one branch of its so-called slum clearance program. The technique of this branch of the program apparently is to compel the owners of individual properties to maintain such properties in good condition, the other branch being the creation of...

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