Case Name: MOUNT LAUREL TOWNSHIP, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. LOCAL FINANCE BOARD OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT
Court: Supreme Court of New Jersey
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Decision Date: 1979-03-16
Citations: 79 N.J. 397
Docket Number: 
Parties: MOUNT LAUREL TOWNSHIP, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. LOCAL FINANCE BOARD OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT.
Judges: 
Reporter: New Jersey Reports
Volume: 79
Pages: 397–397

Head Matter:
MOUNT LAUREL TOWNSHIP, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. LOCAL FINANCE BOARD OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT.
Argued February 21, 1979
Decided March 16, 1979.
Mr. John W. Trimble argued the cause for appellant (Messrs. Trimble <& Master, attorneys).
Mr. Daniel P. Reynolds, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent (Mr. John J. Degnan, Attorney General of Few Jersey, attorney; Mr. Stephen Skillman, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel; Mr. Benjamin D. Lambert, Deputy Attorney General, on the brief).

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
We affirm essentially for the reasons stated in the Appellate Division opinion, reported at 166 N. J. Super. 254 (1978). Only under limited circumstances, not here pertinent, may a municipal expenditure be made prior to an appropriation. See, e. g., Home Owners Construction Co. v. Borough of Glen Rock, 34 N. J. 305, 315-316 (1961); Essex Cty. Bd. of Taxation v. City of Newark, 73 N. J. 69, 74 (1977).
Por affirmance — Chief Justice Hughes and Justices Mountain, Sullivan, Pashman, Clifford, Schreiber and Handler — 7.
For reversal — Fone.