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SUMMER COTTAGERS' ASS'N OF CAPE MAY v. CITY OF CAPE MAY

19 N.J. 493 (1955)

117 A.2d 585

SUMMER COTTAGERS' ASSOCIATION OF CAPE MAY, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY; C. WEBSTER ABBOTT, JR., DOROTHY M. ABBOTT, JULIANA Y. BOAK, CROSBY N. BOYD, ELIZABETH U. BOYD, NORBERT J. BURKE, MARGUERITE L. BURKE, JAMES M. CLARK, JR., LAURENCE V. COCHRANE, DOROTHY L. COCHRANE, ELIZABETH P. COLAHAN, JAMES K. DAVIS, ELLEN H. DAVIS, JOHN A. DIMOND, MARGUERITE M. DIMOND, JAMES B. DOUGLAS, HALLIE H. DOUGLAS, MABEL REED EDWARDS, H.A. EVERLING, E.K. EVERLING, BASIL M. GRAHAM, ELEANOR E. GRAHAM, THOMAS W. HARRIS, JR., DOROTHY T. HARRIS, THOMAS HART, MARGARET N. HART, DAVID W. HOPKINS, ALICE CARNETT HOPKINS, JENNIE R. JAEGLE, EDGAR H. KIBLER, HELEN L. KIBLER, HENRY BURKE MATHEWS, KATHERINE G. MATHEWS, WILLIAM P. MEEKER, ELEANOR NICHOLS MEEKER, CHARLES F. MITCHELL, ALICE P. MITCHELL, ELIZABETH L. MONTGOMERY, JOHN R. MORROW, HAZEL R. MORROW, OLIVE L. NEWBOLD, MIRIAM G. OSBURN, CHRISTINE F. PORTER, GEORGE H. VOELKER, ELINOR M. VOELKER, GEORGE W. WAGNER, JOSEPHINE K. WAGNER, CHARLES H. WEBBER, JULIA W. WEBBER, EDWARD E. WHITE AND MARGUERITE M. WHITE, PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS, v. CITY OF CAPE MAY, A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY; SAMUEL F. ELDREDGE, SOL NEEDLES, JR., AND CARL R. YOUNGBERG, COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF CAPE MAY; OLIVER ELWELL, BUILDING INSPECTOR OF THE CITY OF CAPE MAY; ADOLPH M. KOCH AND EVELYN KOCH, HIS WIFE; LIONEL FRIEDBERG AND NAN FRIEDBERG, HIS WIFE; HESSEL FRIEDBERG AND ZIPPORAH FRIEDBERG, HIS WIFE; HARRY A. MANN AND BEATRICE MANN, HIS WIFE; HERBERT J. LUCHENBACH; AND BOARDWALK NATIONAL BANK, A CORPORATION OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided October 24, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Josiah E. DuBois, Jr., argued the cause for the appellants.

Mr. William Elmer Brown argued the cause for the respondent City of Cape May, Samuel F. Eldredge, Sol Needles, Jr., and Carl R. Youngberg, Commissioners of the City of Cape May, and Oliver Elwell, Building Inspector (Messrs. Brown and Frank, attorneys).

Mr. Samuel Backer argued the cause for the respondent Adolph M. Koch and Evelyn Koch, his wife, Lionel Friedberg and Nan Friedberg, his wife, Hessel Friedberg and Zipporah Friedberg, his wife, Harry A. Mann and Beatrice Mann, his wife (Messrs. Backer and Arkus, attorneys).

Mr. Daniel Bell, Jr., argued the cause for the respondent Boardwalk National Bank of Atlantic City (Messrs. Kirkman, Mulligan & Harris, attorneys).

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

By a civil action in lieu of certiorari, the plaintiff nonprofit corporation organized for the civic improvement and betterment of the Cape May community and 51 local taxpayers challenge the validity of the sale and conveyance by the local governing body to the defendants Adolph M. Koch and Evelyn, his wife, Lionel Friedberg and Nan, his wife, and Harry A. Mann and Beatrice, his wife, on May 1, 1953, of eight...

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