STATE v. ROWLAND


183 N.J. Super. 558 (1982)

444 A.2d 1123

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, BY THE COMMISSIONER OF TRANSPORTATION, PLAINTIFF, v. WILLIAM C. ROWLAND, LOUISE H. ROWLAND, GUARANTEE BANK, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY, PAUL SEBAN, EVELYN SEBAN, AMERICAN APPLIANCE, A DEFUNCT CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY, GENERAL ELECTRIC CREDIT CORPORATION, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK, TOWNSHIP OF EGG HARBOR, IN THE COUNTY OF ATLANTIC, A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY, DEFENDANTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division Atlantic County.

Decided February 3, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dante J. Romanini, Deputy Attorney General, for plaintiff (James R. Zazzali, Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney).

Peter J. O'Connor for defendants Rowlands.

Eugene Tighe, Jr. for defendant Guarantee Bank (Koury, Tighe & Lapres, attorneys).


STEEDLE, Acting A.J.S.C.

This is an eminent domain case which presents the novel question to a New Jersey court as to the definition of the term "bona fide negotiations" found in the Eminent Domain Act of 1971, N.J.S.A. 20:3-6. After a review of all pleadings, briefs, exhibits and testimony, the following findings of fact have been determined.

Since 1968 defendant William Rowland owned and operated various appliance businesses. One of Rowland's businesses...

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