Legal Opinion

Ward v. Scott

Supreme Court of New Jersey

Decided December 15, 1952PublishedCited by 154 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Jacobs, J.

The Town Council of Bloomfield granted a variance to Ligham Construction Company pursuant to a recommendation of the board of adjustment under R. S. 40:55-39(A); the Law Division sustained this action, and the ensuing appeal by the plaintiff George B. Ward has been certified to this court on its own motion.

In 1949 Economy Built Homes Corporation, a company controlled by Saul T. Ligham, purchased a large tract of land on the northeast side of Broad Street, Bloomfield, for a residential development known as Hearthstone Village. Included within…

2Cases cited14 opinions

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  3. Sunshine Anthracite Coal Co. v. AdkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
  4. Carlson v. LandonSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
  5. American Power & Light Co. v. Securities & Exchange CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1946

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3Cited by154 opinions

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