Legal Opinion
Mt. Hope Mining Co. v. Township of Rockaway
New Jersey Tax Court
Decided October 29, 1986PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ANDREW, J.T.C.
In this proceeding plaintiff asserts that defendant, Rockaway Township, wrongfully denied farmland assessment for plaintiff’s woodland property for the tax year 1984.
Plaintiff, Mt. Hope Mining Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Halecrest Company, owns three parcels of land totalling 1,281 acres located in Rockaway Township, New Jersey. The property consists of Block 229, Lot 10 (1,099.82 acres, of which plaintiff claims 1,044.72 should be assessed as farmland) and both Block 201, Lot 1 and Block 201, Lot 32 (181.18 acres combined, all of which plaintiff claims should be…
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