Townsend v. Township of Pequannock

Hall, J. S. C. (orally).

This is a taxpayer’s suit in lieu of prerogative writ to set aside as invalid certain portions of an ordinance called “The Administrative Code” adopted by the council of the township on February 5, 1957. There is no factual dispute. The case presents only questions of law arising on the face of the ordinance. It comes before the court on the pleadings, the pretrial order, the ordinance itself, briefs and oral argument.

The electorate of Pequannock Township duly adopted Council Manager Plan “E” of the Optional Municipal Charter Law, which form of government went into…