Anna Mae Cashin, Plaintiff-Appellant v. Marisela Bello and Martino Bello, Defendants-Respondents

Summary

The New Jersey Supreme Court held that the term “building” in the Anti‑Eviction Act refers to a discrete physical structure, not all structures on a parcel, and therefore allowed the owner to evict a tenant from a converted‑garage house that is a separate building containing fewer than three residential units. The Court reversed the Appellate Division’s decision and affirmed the owner’s right to occupy the unit.