BOROUGH OF PARAMUS v. BERGEN COUNTY


25 N.J. 492 (1958)

137 A.2d 425

THE BOROUGH OF PARAMUS IN THE COUNTY OF BERGEN, AND PHILIP D. SMITH AND ANNA C., HIS WIFE, PHILIP C. GEIBEL AND MILDRED, HIS WIFE, LOUIS CASTAGNONI, HOWARD QUICK, MYRNA PANITZ, AND STEPHEN J. SCHMIDT, PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS, v. THE COUNTY OF BERGEN, AND THE BOARD OF CHOSEN FREEHOLDERS, DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided January 6, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Nicholas S. Schloeder argued the cause for appellants.

Mr. Milton T. Lasher argued the cause for respondents.


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

Forest Avenue is a county road, about four miles long, running through the Boroughs of Paramus, Oradell and Emerson to the Westwood boundary line in Bergen County. It was established by successive grants and dedications beginning in 1920. Although the donated right-of-way was 66 feet wide, up until 1957 it had been improved and used as a street only to the extent of...

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