TRUGMAN v. REICHENSTEIN


50 N.J. Super. 377 (1958)

142 A.2d 614

JACK TRUGMAN, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. HARRY REICHENSTEIN, CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, MICHAEL A. BONTEMPO, JOHN A. BRADY, JAMES T. CALLAGHAN, RAYMOND V. SANTORO, AND ESSEX COUNTY BOARD OF CANVASSERS, DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided May 27, 1958.

Opinion filed June 2, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Samuel H. Nelson argued the cause for the appellant.

Mr. Joseph A. Ward argued the cause for the defendants-respondents (Mr. J. Ward, attorney for defendants-respondents Harry Reichenstein, City Clerk, Essex County Board of Canvassers, Michael A. Bontempo, and James T. Callaghan; Mr. Morris Barr, attorney for defendant-respondent John A. Brady; Mr. David J. Breitkopf, attorney for defendant-respondent Raymond V. Santoro).

Before Judges STANTON, HALL and GAULKIN.


The opinion of the court was delivered by STANTON, S.J.A.D.

The plaintiff was a candidate for the office of councilman at large at a regular municipal election held in the city of Newark on May 13, 1958. Four councilmen at large as well as a mayor and a ward councilman in each of the five wards were to be elected under Plan C of the Faulkner Act, N.J.S.A. 40:69A-55 to 40:69A-60.

N.J.S.A. 40:69A-160 provides in part as follows...

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