Sellick v. Jersey Central Power & Light Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Hague, J.

This is an action in ejectment. It was tried in the Supreme Court (Monmonth county) and the court directed a verdict against the defendant and in favor of plaintiff. Defendant appealed to this court. The purpose of the suit is tp free the lands of the plaintiffs from an easement claimed by the defendant utility company.

The easement originally was granted in 1907, by one Frost, plaintiffs’ predecessor in title, who then owned the land. He granted and conveyed to the Jersey Central Traction Company a right to construct a roadbed across his land,…