Jones v. Buford

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Mountain, J.

Plaintiff, then a tenant residing in an apartment in Newark, commenced an action in lieu of prerogative writ to compel defendant, Director of the Newark Department of Health and Welfare, to act as statutory agent for her landlord, pursuant to N. J. S. A. 26:3-31(p).1 She sought to have defendant, as such agent, hire repairmen and procure materials to repair the broken boiler in the building, in order to restore adequate heat to her apartment.

Some underlying facts should be stated. There is no doubt that the boiler in the building was broken…