Tri-County Public Airport Authority v. Morris County Board of County Commissioners

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Prager, J.:

This is an action in mandamus brought by the Tri-County Public Airport Authority against the Board of County Commissioners of Morris County to determine the tax-exempt status of certain real property owned by the plaintiff and for recovery of real estate taxes paid on the land for the years 1977 through 1980.

The facts are not in dispute and essentially are as follows; The city of Herington acquired 1,720.5 acres of real estate on September 24, 1948, by a deed from the United States government. The United States previously had used the land…