Gross v. Barriosi

168 N.J. Super. 149 (1979)

401 A.2d 1127

DR. MILTON GROSS, PLAINTIFF,

v.

JOSE BARRIOSI, DEFENDANT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, District Court, Passaic County.

May 10, 1979.

Mr. Randolph A. Newman for plaintiff.

Mr. Donald L. Raymar for defendant (Passaic County Legal Aid Society, attorneys).

REISS, J.D.C.

Defendant's motion to dismiss this landlord-tenant summary dispossess action raises the question whether the statutory term "to personally occupy," as used in N.J.S.A. 2A:18-61.1 l(3), means to occupy for residential as opposed to commercial purposes. This issue is one of first impression.

The…