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JAMOUNEAU v. HARNER

16 N.J. 500 (1954)

109 A.2d 640

LESLIE H. JAMOUNEAU, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. CLAIRE E. HARNER AND ESSEX COUNTY RENT CONTROL BOARD, DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS, AND GROVER C. RICHMAN, JR., ATTORNEY-GENERAL OF NEW JERSEY, INTERVENOR-RESPONDENT.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided November 22, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Saul A. Wittes argued the cause for appellant.

Mr. Thomas J. Brogan argued the cause for Property Owners Protective Association, Inc., amicus curiae.

Mr. Harry Weltchek argued the cause for James E. Bryan and Alice S. Bryan, amici curiae.

Mr. Joseph A. Murphy, Assistant Deputy Attorney-General, argued the cause for defendant respondents and intervenor respondent (Mr. Grover C. Richman, Jr., Attorney-General, and Mr. Chester K. Ligham, Deputy Attorney-General, attorneys for intervenor-respondent; Mr. Marshall Crowley, attorney for the respondent Essex County Rent Control Board; Messrs. Bell & Adubato, attorneys for the respondent Harner).

The opinion of the court was delivered by HEHER, J.

The basic issue here is the constitutional sufficiency of the State Rent Control Act of 1953, c. 216, N.J.S. 2A:42-14 et seq., entitled "An Act providing for the regulation of rents and possession of housing space, with respect to certain properties in certain municipalities, making an appropriation and repealing" the Rent Control Act of 1950, c. 234.

The act of 1953 has...

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