READING CO. v. WOODBRIDGE TP.


45 N.J. 407 (1965)

212 A.2d 649

READING COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. TOWNSHIP OF WOODBRIDGE, A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT, AND DIRECTOR, DIVISION OF TAXATION AND DIVISION OF TAX APPEALS, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY, RESPONDENTS.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided August 4, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Leo Rosenblum argued the cause for defendant-appellant.

Mr. Raymond J. Lamb argued the cause for plaintiff-respondent (Messrs. Lamb, Blake, Hutchinson & Dunne, attorneys; Mr. Lamb and Mr. Lockwood W. Fogg, Jr., of the Pennsylvania Bar, of counsel).

Mr. Arthur J. Sills, Attorney General of the State of New Jersey, filed a statement in lieu of brief on behalf of respondent Director, Division of Taxation (Mr. Alan B. Handler, First Assistant Attorney General, of counsel).


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

This railroad tax litigation involves the classification and valuation of real property of the Reading Company ("railroad") in its Port Reading Terminal Yard in the Township of Woodbridge. The classification question — where the "main stem" should be located within the yard and thus what portion of the terminal property should be taxed as Class I railroad property and what portion as Class II — concerns...

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