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RANNEY v. ISTITUTO PONTIFICIO DELLE MAESTRE FILIPPINI

20 N.J. 189 (1955)

119 A.2d 142

EDITH MEYER RANNEY, EDWARD H. HOBBIE, JR., AND BERYL HOBBIE, HIS WIFE, ADOLPH KALIN AND ETHEL S. KALIN, HIS WIFE, AND SAMUEL TUFTS, PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS, v. ISTITUTO PONTIFICIO DELLE MAESTRE FILIPPINI, A CORPORATION OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY NOT INCORPORATED FOR PECUNIARY PROFIT, THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE OF THE TOWNSHIP OF MORRIS, THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT OF THE TOWNSHIP OF MORRIS, AND FARQUHAR M. FRASER, BUILDING INSPECTOR OF THE TOWNSHIP OF MORRIS, DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided December 12, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Worrall F. Mountain, Jr., argued the cause for the plaintiffs-appellants (Messrs. Mills, Jeffers & Mountain, attorneys).

Mr. Ralph Porzio argued the cause for the defendant-respondent Istituto Pontificio Delle Maestre Filippini (Messrs. Scerbo, Porzio & Kennelly, attorneys).

Messrs. Mills & Mills, attorneys for defendants-respondents Township Committee of the Township of Morris, The Board of Adjustment of The Township of Morris, and Farquhar M. Fraser, Building Inspector of The Township of Morris (no brief filed and no oral argument made).

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

Plaintiffs-appellants challenged the validity of a zoning variance granted to the defendant-respondent Istituto Pontificio Delle Maestre Filippini, generally known and hereinafter referred to as "Villa Walsh," and from an adverse determination in the Superior Court, Law Division, addressed an appeal to the Superior Court, Appellate Division. We certified the cause prior to an appellate review below.

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