MANZO v. City of Plainfield

Pee Cueiam.

This an action to recover property losses suffered during serious racial disturbances in the defendant City of Plainfield in July 1967. The many claims were pressed both on the thesis that defendant was negligent and on the thesis that defendant is liable under a statute relating to mobs and riots, N. J. 8. A. 2A:48-1 to 7. The case was tried before a jury with the stipulation that the trial judge would decide the negligence issue and the jury the liability issue under the statute. The trial judge found as a fact that defendant was not negligent. The jury determined that there was…