Court Opinion

ID: 9635739
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 14:01:59.552235+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T11:25:54.618216
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Jacobs, J.
(dissenting). I would affirm for the compelling reasons set forth in the opinion of Judge Erancis below. See Switz v. Middletown Tp., 40 N. J. Super. 217 (App. Div. 1956). The statutory direction for assessment at true value is unequivocal and long-standing. When duly called upon in an appropriate legal proceeding, our solemn judicial responsibility to insure fair fulfillment of the legislative mandate is entirely clear. To meet practical necessities, the Appellate Division granted a deferment of the effective date of the original order and the record suggests no just need for additional delay in this thoroughly litigated case before ns; if perchance any such need should appear, application by the township and its assessor for reasonable relief may readily be entertained by the Appellate Division.
Weintraub, J., concurring in result.
For modification — Justices Heher, Oliphant, Burling and Weintraub — 4.
For affirmance — Chief Justice Vanderbilt, and Justice Jacobs — 2.
For reversal — Justice Wachenfeld — 1.