Legal Opinion
Borough of Fair Lawn v. Fairlawn Transportation, Inc.
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided June 17, 1947PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Leyden, S. C. C.
The crux of this matter is the interpretation of the term “town corporate” as used in the statute of limitations, R. S. 2:24-22; N. J. S. A. 2:24-22, as follows:
"All actions or informations which shall be brought or exhibited for any forfeiture upon any penal statute made or *332to be made, shall be brought or exhibited within the periods of time herein prescribed, and not thereafter:
“a. Within two years next after the offense committed or to be committed against the statute, when the forfeiture is or shall be limited by the statute to the state of New Jersey only;
“b. Within two…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Stout v. Borough of Glen RidgeSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1896
- Day v. Mayor of MorristownSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1898
3Cited by3 opinions
- Skouras Theatres Corp. v. Radio-Keith-Orpheum Corp.District Court, S.D. New York · 1959
- Gordon v. Loew's Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1957
- Frank I. Gordon and Marion v. Gordon v. Loew's Incorporated, a Delaware Corporation, Paramount Film Distributing Corporation, a Delaware Corporation, Rko Radio Pictures, Inc., a Delaware Corporation, Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation, a Delaware Corporation, Warner Bros. Pictures Distributing Corporation, a New York Corporation, Columbia Pictures Corporation, a New York Corporation, Universal Film Exchanges, Inc., a Delaware Corporation, and United Artists Corporation, a Delaware Corporation. John C. Gordon, Helen Gordon and Joseph Gordon v. Loew's Incorporated, a Delaware Corporation, Paramount Film Distributing Corporation, a Delaware Corporation, Rko Radio Pictures, Inc., a Delaware Corporation, Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation, a Delaware Corporation, Warner Bros. Pictures Distributing Corporation, a New York Corporation, Columbia Pictures Corporation, a New York Corporation, Universal Film Exchanges, Inc., a Delaware Corporation, and United Artists Corporation, a Delaware CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1957