Opinion ID: 1963229
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Heading: attorney-general as a party

Text: Among the questions involved is the question whether the complaint for declaratory judgment should have been dismissed for failure to join the Attorney-General of New Jersey, eo nomine, as a party. This question was raised at oral argument. R.S. 2:26-72, inter alia, required the Attorney-General to be served, but this provision was not reenacted in N.J.S. 2 A :16-56, effective January 1, 1952 (prior to the date of the filing of the complaint herein). The principle involved in R.S. 2:26-72, supra, was expressed in Rule 3:24-2, amended January 1, 1952 (now R.R. 4:37-2), which required notice to the Attorney-General only in an action to which the state or an officer or agency thereof is not a party. The plaintiff instituted the action for declaratory judgment in his capacity as an officer of the State. Therefore the rule was satisfied in this respect.