General Electric Co. v. City of Passaic

However it may be viewed under Art. IY, Sec. VII, par. 12 of the 1844 State Constitution, as amended September 28, 1875, R. S. 54:4^3.20, as interpreted and applied in Schwartz v. Essex County Board of Taxation, 129 N. J. L. 129 (Sup. Ct. 1942), affirmed 130 N. J. L. 177 (E. & A. 1943), would seem to be within the purview of Art. VIII, Sec. I, par. 2 of the 1947 Slate Constitution, providing that exemption from taxation may be granted only by “general laws” and “[ujntil otherwise provided by law all exemptions from taxation validly granted and now in existence shall be continued.” In Schwartz…