Opinion

Kensington Realty Holding Corp. v. City of Jersey City

  • 119 N.J.L. 338
  • 196 A. 691
  • 1938 N.J. LEXIS 269
Court
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Filed
Jan 26, 1938
Status
Published
On the bench
PER CURIAM.
Cited by
9 cases
Authority
More cited than 83.1%

The opinion

Per Curiam.

This is a zoning case. Appellant, prosecutor below, seeks to review a judgment of the Supreme Court affirming the action of the board of adjustment of the city of Jersey City in revoking a permit which had been issued to it to alter and repair its premises, located in a residential zone, and claimed formerly to have been used both as a tea room and as a physician’s office, so that it might now be used as a “Funeral Home.”

The facts are fully stated in the opinion below. We are

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satisfied that the judgment should be affirmed, for the reasons expressed by Mr. Justice Parker in the opinion.

In light, however, of appellant's argument here, we pause to make several brief observations.

1. We find it unnecessary to intimate or express any opinion on the question as to whether the Supreme Court correctly expunged from the record the testimony which appellant took in pursuance of the

allocatur

after the decision of the board of adjustment, but without notice to Helen G. Wilson who, as a property owner, had appealed to the board of adjustment, and, together with other property owners affected, had offered proof in support of the claim that appellant's permit should be revoked. For, a reading of its opinion clearly indicates that the Supreme Court, in reaching its conclusion, did consider the substance of the proofs contained in the depositions and urged in support of appellant's claim. Thus no substantial right of appellant was injuriously affected.

2. We have not overlooked the cases of

North American Building and Loan Association

v.

New Brunswick,

117

N. J. L.

63; 186

Atl. Rep.

727 , and

Schaible

v.

Board of Adjustment, Township of Millburn,

15

N. J. Mis. R.

707; 194

Atl. Rep.

388 . Suffice it to note that these are Supreme Court cases, and, moreover, they involve facts which are clearly distinguishable from the facts in the case at bar.

3. In addition to the reason stated for the inapplicability of the holding in

Freeman

v.

Hague,

106

N. J. L.

137; 147

Atl. Rep.

553 , we call attention to what was said in reference thereto in the case of

Dickinson

v.

Plainfield,

13

N. J. Mis. R.

260 (at

p.

265); 176

Atl. Rep.

716 ;

affirmed,

116

N. J. L.

336; 184

Atl. Rep.

195 .

Accordingly the judgment is affirmed, with costs.

For affirmance

— The Chakcellok, Chief Justice, Case, Bodtke, Heiiee, Pebskie, Heteield, Deak, Wells, Wolbs-Keil, Baeeebty, Walkeb, JJ. 12.

For reversal

— None.

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