Strock v. Mayor of East Orange

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Parker, J.

In Strock v. East Orange, 18 Vroom 382, we set aside a resolution of the playground commissioners of Bast Orange granting a permit for the use of the local playground, for the reason that section 3 of the Playground act as amended in 1908 (Pamph. L., p. 163), established an *620illusory classification of playgrounds by acreage; and also because it permitted a use of municipal property that was tantamount to giving it in aid of individuals or associations.

Subsequent to this decision the legislature passed a supplement to the Playground act in 1909…