Case Name: IN THE MATTER OF THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE AFFAIRS OF THE CITY OF ATLANTIC CITY
Court: New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Decision Date: 1949-04-06
Citations: 3 N.J. Super. 62
Docket Number: 
Parties: IN THE MATTER OF THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE AFFAIRS OF THE CITY OF ATLANTIC CITY.
Judges: 
Reporter: New Jersey Superior Court Reports
Volume: 3
Pages: 62–64

Head Matter:
IN THE MATTER OF THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE AFFAIRS OF THE CITY OF ATLANTIC CITY.
Superior Court of New Jersey Appellate Division
Argued March 14, 1949
Decided April 6, 1949.
Before Judges Jacobs, Eastwood and Bigelow.
Mr. Harold W. Bennett argued the cause of the appellants-experts.
Mr. William Elmer Brown, Jr., argued the cause for the City of Atlantic City and its officials.

Opinion:
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Bigelow, J. A. D.
This is an appeal from the refusal of the Honorable Prank T. Lloyd, one of the judges of the Superior Court, to appoint a commissioner to take testimony in Illinois as a step in an investigation into the affairs of Atlantic City which was begun last spring by one of the justices of the former Supreme Court, under authority of R. S. 40:6-1 et seq. The appellant, Mr. Harold W. Bennett, is an expert prosecuting the investigation under appointment by the Supreme Court Justice, and he has no other interest in the matter. His only concern is to carry out the orders of his superior. ' He is not even a resident of Atlantic City. The rule is fundamental that only a person aggrieved is permitted to appeal from an order or judgment of a court, Green v. Blackwell, 32 N. J. Eq. 768 (E. & A. 1880), and only a person directly affected by the action of an administrative body or officer may challenge it, Jersey City v. Traphagen, 53 N. J. L. 434 (E. & A. 1891). Mr. Bennett is not aggrieved and he has no interest in the matter, and therefore the appeal will be dismissed.