Stall v. Fulton
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Ejectment to recover twenty-four lots of land in the City of Elizabeth, in the county of Union. Issue having been joined, and the cause set down for trial, the parties agreed upon the following statement of facts, on which the case was afterwards argued before the court at bar.
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Ejectment to recover twenty-four lots of land in the City of Elizabeth, in the county of Union. Issue having been joined, and the cause set down for trial, the parties agreed upon the following statement of facts, on which the case was afterwards argued before the court at bar. This suit is brought to recover possession of twenty-four lots of laud, in the City of Elizabeth, known as lots Nos. 1 to 24, both inclusive, on Block No. 34, as marked on a map of the new manufacturing town of Elizabeth Port, New Jersey. At the date of the demise laid in the declaration, George Whitsell and John…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Vredenburgh, J.
This ejectment is brought to recover possession of 24 lots in the City of Elizabeth. The plaintiff claims title, by virtue of a judgment, on a cause of action arising before the deed to Mrs. Fulton, herein after mentioned, against the husband, and a deed under such judgment, dated the 31st of August, 1860. This (the defendants being in possession), prima facie, entitles the plaintiff to recover.
The Avife sets up, by Avay of defence, a deed to her from the former OAvner, dated the 26th of September, 1853, for a term of thirty years. But…
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