1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. N.J.
  4. 81 N.J.
  5. 81 N.J. Super. 344 (1963)
 

BERGEN COUNTY v. ERIE LACKAWANNA R.R.

81 N.J. Super. 344 (1963)

195 A.2d 511

COUNTY OF BERGEN, PLAINTIFF, v. ERIE LACKAWANNA RAILROAD COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION, HUDSON REALTY COMPANY, A NEW JERSEY CORPORATION, JOINT MEETING NO. 1 FOR SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL AND FIRST NATIONAL CITY TRUST COMPANY, A NATIONAL BANKING ASSOCIATION, DEFENDANTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division.

Decided November 15, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Nelson G. Gross, County Counsel, for plaintiff County of Bergen.

Messrs. Pitney, Hardin & Kipp (Mr. William P. Reiss appearing), attorneys for defendant Joint Meeting No. 1 for Solid Waste Disposal.

Mr. Richard B. Wachenfeld, attorney for the Erie Lackawanna Railroad Company.

Mr. Russell E. Watson, attorney for Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation, intervenor.

Mr. James A. Breslin, attorney for Township of Lyndhurst.

Mr. Charles L. Bertini, attorney for Hubbard Broadcasting, Inc., holder of an option to purchase.

LEYDEN, J.S.C.

The Erie Lackawanna Railroad Company is the owner of approximately 328 acres of low-lying land, largely or wholly within the Township of Lyndhurst, Bergen County.

It is gathered from the briefs and accompanying affidavits, about which there is no factual dispute, that the County of Bergen has been negotiating since April 1963 for the acquisition, by purchase, of 358 acres of land, including that...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases