Legal Opinion
New Jersey Bell Telephone Co. v. City of Newark
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided July 30, 1937PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Perskie, J.
The basic issue upon the return of this writ of certiorari concerns the proper method of determining the true value of the tangible and intangible personalty of the New Jersey Bell Telephone Company for the purposes of taxation under Pamph. L. 1918, ch. 236, p. 847, as amended.
The taxing authority for the city of Newark, the board of assessment and revision of taxes, fixed the value of the telephone company’s personal property including tangibles and intangibles, for the year 1935, at $24,000,000. On appeal this figure was reduced to…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Michigan Central Railroad v. PowersSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
- Turnley v. City of ElizabethSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1908
- State v. HawkensSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1887
- State v. CookSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1897
- City of Newark v. New Jersey State Board of Tax AppealsSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1937
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3Cited by19 opinions
- L. Bamberger & Co. v. Division of Tax AppealsSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1948
- Sage v. Bernards TownshipNew Jersey Tax Court · 1982
- Jersey City v. Division of Tax AppealsNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1949
- Village of Ridgefield Park v. BERGEN CO. BD. OF TAXATIONNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1960
- Sorokach v. TrusewichNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1955
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