CITY OF NEWARK v. BLOCK 1183


223 N.J. Super. 10 (1988)

537 A.2d 1311

CITY OF NEWARK, A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. BLOCK 1183, LOTS 11 & 22; BLOCK 1184, LOTS 1 & 11; BLOCK 1185, LOT 14, MORE COMMONLY KNOWN AS 140-170 THOMAS STREET, ASSESSED TO MORTON SPRINGER & CO., INC., DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided February 5, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David H. Harris argued the cause for appellant (Bell, Adubato & Ligham, attorneys; David H. Harris, on the brief).

Joanne Y. Johnson, Assistant Corporation Counsel argued the cause for respondent (Glenn A. Grant, Corporation Counsel, attorney; Tonya M. Smith, Assistant Corporation Counsel, on the brief).

Before Judges DREIER, BAIME and ASHBEY.


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

Defendant appeals from an in rem tax foreclosure judgment based upon the taxpayer's failure to pay municipal real estate taxes assessed on commercial property in Newark from 1983 to date. Located on the real estate is a warehouse which had been contaminated by a toxic spill occasioned by a tenant's storage of materials and an ensuing fire. Since the date of the fire, the Department of Environmental Protection...

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