SOCONY MOBIL OIL CO. v. OCEAN TWP.


56 N.J. Super. 310 (1959)

153 A.2d 67

SOCONY MOBIL OIL CO., INC., A CORPORATION OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, PLAINTIFF, v. TOWNSHIP OF OCEAN, DEFENDANT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division.

Decided June 23, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Starr, Summerill & Davis, attorneys for plaintiff (Mr. A. Vincent Field and Mr. Sidney P. McCord, Jr., appearing).

Messrs. Stout and O'Hagan, attorneys for defendant (Mr. Sidney Hertz, appearing).


KNIGHT, J.S.C.

The plaintiff, Socony Mobil Oil Co., Inc., instituted this proceeding in lieu of prerogative writs challenging the validity of a provision of the zoning ordinance of the defendant, Township of Ocean, which prohibits gasoline filling stations within 1,500 feet of each other. Plaintiff also seeks a review of the action taken by the Board of Adjustment and Township Committee of the Township of Ocean in refusing...

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