Harris v. Borough of Fair Haven

721 A.2d 758 (1998)

Jesse Y. HARRIS, Plaintiff,

v.

BOROUGH OF FAIR HAVEN, Defendant.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Chancery Division, Monmouth County.

Decided September 25, 1998.

Jesse Y. Harris, pro se.

Bernard M. Reilly, Red Bank, for defendant (Dowd & Reilly, attorneys).

FISHER, P.J.Ch.

From approximately 1851 until 1873 a church, known as the St. James A.M.E. Zion Church, was located on a narrow private lane known as Brown's Lane in the Borough of Fair Haven. This private lane apparently has existed since the 1840s when it was cut into a parcel owned by Jacob Brown. The church was built on what is…