A citizen's group is trying to overturn a vote by the township's Historical Preservation Commission to tear down the structure.
HILLSBOROUGH -- Oral arguments on the demolition of the Duke Farms mansion will be heard Friday morning in Somerset County Superior Court before Judge Yolanda Ciccone.
Lawyers representing the Duke Farms Foundation and David Brook, an attorney representing a group called DORIS, (Demolition of Residence is Senseless), are scheduled to make their arguments before the judge at 10 a.m.
The group has filed papers in Somerset County Superior Court seeking an injunction to stop a demolition permit from being issued.
Fate of Duke Farms Mansion in judge's hands
Both sides have filed briefs with the judge.
The group is trying to overturn a vote by the Hillsborough Township's Historical Preservation Commission to approve an application to tear down the structure.
In a lawsuit, it claims that the township violated the Open Public Meetings Act and Municipal Land Use Law by allowing the commission to approve the demolition, as well as a decision by the Board of Adjustments to not hear an appeal against the demolition.
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