Hill v. Borough of Collingswood

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Heher, J.

The Camden County Park Commission leased to the individual respondent a clubhouse and tennis courts on park lands within its jurisdiction for a term of five years, running from May 29, 1951, for the tennis courts and from August 31, 1951, for the clubhouse; and the essential question is whether the contract is ultra vires and void.

The leased property borders on Newton Lake in Collingswood, New Jersey. The lessee undertook to operate an “all-year-round milk bar” in the clubhouse, known as the Newton Lake Tennis Building, and to provide during…