BOGERT v. WASHINGTON TWP.


25 N.J. 57 (1957)

135 A.2d 1

HOWARD D. BOGERT, JOHN J. BOGERT AND M. CATHERINE DWYER, PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS, v. THE TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON, A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION EXERCISING ITS FACULTIES IN THE COUNTY OF BERGEN AND STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY OF THAT STATE, DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided October 7, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Samuel M. Lyon, Jr., argued the cause for the appellants (Messrs. Doughty and Dwyer, attorneys; Mr. John J. Bogert on the brief).

Mr. Lloyd L. Schroeder argued the cause for the defendant-respondent.


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

The appellants brought an action in lieu of prerogative writ to set aside a supplement to the zoning ordinance of the defendant township on the ground that the regulation was unreasonable and arbitrary in its classification of the lands of the appellants. The appellants are tenants in common of some 17.94 acres of land, constituting the southerly three-quarters of Block...

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