Board of Education v. City of Garfield

In a resolution pursuant to N. J. S. A. 18A:22-18, plaintiff approved a school lunch program for the 1975-76 school year with an estimated cost of $65,000. In a resolution pursuant to N. J. S. A. 18A:22-19, the Garfield Board of School Estimate certified the amount of $65,000 as necessary for the program and demanded that Garfield’s City Council appropriate said sum pursuant to N. J. S. A. 18A:22-20. When defendant failed to appropriate this sum, plaintiff filed a complaint in the Superior Court, Chancery Division, demanding that they do so. Plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment was granted…