Supreme Court of New Jersey

New Jersey Turnpike Authority, Plaintiff-Respondent v. Theodore D. Parsons

December 5, 19493 N.J. 235

Summary

The Supreme Court of New Jersey affirmed the lower court’s judgment, holding that the Turnpike Authority Act is constitutional except for Section 17, which it declared unconstitutional and void. The Court also affirmed that the Authority is an independent public corporation whose bonds are not state debt and that the Authority lacks power to condemn state-owned property.