Skowysz v. City of Ventnor

OPINION

Hoen, J. S. C.

Plaintiffs, citizens and taxpayers of the City of Ventnor City, instituted against the city an action in lieu of prerogative writ to set aside Ordinance No. 2-1968, providing for the sale of certain lands and to enjoin the sale of said lands. The city counterclaimed, seeking a declaratory judgment declaring that the ordinance is valid and that it may sell the lands pursuant to said ordinance.

Ventnor City borders the Atlantic Ocean, which is to its south. It is now governed by a commission form of government, but from its incorporation and up to and including the enactment…