DRISCOLL v. BURLINGTON-BRISTOL BRIDGE CO.


10 N.J. Super. 545 (1950)

77 A.2d 255

ALFRED E. DRISCOLL, GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, ET AL., PLAINTIFFS, v. BURLINGTON-BRISTOL BRIDGE COMPANY, ET AL., DEFENDANTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Chancery Division.

Decided December 5, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Walter D. Van Riper, Special Counsel to the Attorney General, and Mr. Theodore D. Parsons, Attorney General of the State of New Jersey, for the plaintiffs (Mr. Paul N. Belmont, of counsel).

Mr. Robert L. Hood and Mr. Thomas D. Begley for the defendants Burlington County Board of Freeholders and Burlington County Bridge Commissioners, et al.

Mr. Milton M. Unger for the defendant Sarjem Corporation, et al. (Messrs. Milton M. and Adrian M. Unger, attorneys).

Mr. Donald B. Kipp for the defendants Chemical Bank & Trust Company and B.J. Van Ingen & Co., Inc. (Messrs. Pitney, Hardin & Ward, attorneys).

Mr. Thomas M. Farr for the defendant Buckley Securities Corporation (Messrs. Norcross, Farr & Schantz, attorneys).

Mr. George W.C. McCarter for the defendant Stranahan, Harris & Co., Inc. (Messrs. McCarter, English & Studer, attorneys).

Mr. James D. Carpenter for the defendant Bacon, Stevenson & Co., et al. (Messrs. Carpenter, Gilmour & Dwyer, attorneys).

Mr. Harold A. Price and Mr. Edward L.C. Vogt for the defendant Estabrook & Co., et al. (Messrs. Schenck, Price, Smith & King, attorneys).

Mr. Alfonse F. Spiegel for the defendant Tripp & Co. (Messrs. Harrison & Roche & Darby, attorneys).

Mr. Edward A. Markley for the defendant Fitzgerald & Co. (Messrs. Markley & Broadhurst, attorneys).


FREUND, J.S.C.

This proceeding was brought by the Governor and the Attorney General of the State of New Jersey on behalf of the people of the State, for rescission of the purchase of two toll bridges across the Delaware River from Burlington County, New Jersey, to points in Pennsylvania.

On the morning of October 22, 1948, the Board of Chosen Freeholders of Burlington County, by resolution, created the Burlington County Bridge Commission, a public body, and...

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