State of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Respondent v. Mundet Cork Corporation, Defendant-Appellant

Summary

The Supreme Court of New Jersey affirmed the conviction of Mundet Cork Corporation for violating a municipal air‑pollution ordinance, holding that the ordinance's terms "smoke, fly ash, or fumes" include the vaporous emissions from the company's cork‑baking process, that the evidence proved the violation beyond a reasonable doubt, and that the ordinance is a valid exercise of police power not requiring proof of actual injury or a defense of unavoidable necessity.