STATE EX REL. BOARD OF COMMR'S v. WOR-TV TOWER


39 N.J. Super. 583 (1956)

121 A.2d 764

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, EX REL. BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE TOWNSHIP OF NORTH BERGEN, FUNCTIONING AS THE BOARD OF HEALTH THEREOF, AND TOWNSHIP OF NORTH BERGEN IN THE COUNTY OF HUDSON, A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFFS, v. WOR-TV TOWER, ET AL., DEFENDANTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Chancery Division.

Decided March 23, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Nicholas S. Schloeder, for the plaintiffs.

Mr. Willard G. Woelper and Mr. William R. Vanderbilt for the defendants (Messrs. Toner, Crowley, Woelper & Vanderbilt, attorneys).


STANTON, J.S.C.

This action is brought to have a television transmission tower known as WOR-TV North Bergen adjudged a public nuisance and abated by the removal of all or part of it.

The tower, which rises 760 feet above the ground and 1,000 feet above sea level, is situated on the Hudson River Palisades about two miles due west of Central Park, New York City. It was located there apparently to obtain a maximum...

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