Harrison v. Zelko

The opinion of the court was delivered by

BROCHIN, J.A.D.

Plaintiff John S. Harrison owns 9.7 acres of land in Saddle River, New Jersey. There are a house, a cottage, and a converted bam on the property. The cottage is located approximately three-hundred feet from the house; the bam, approximately two-hundred feet from the house. The bam contains two residential apartments, one on its first floor and one on its second. According to Mr. Harrison’s trial testimony,1 the first floor unit of the bam was constructed in the 1950’s pursuant to a braiding permit and certificate of occupancy which…