Stern v. State Wide Co., Inc.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Kays, J.

This is an appeal from a judgment entered in the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiffs and against the defendant. The judgment resulted from an order of the trial judge at the Passaic Circuit striking out the answer. The matter was argued before the trial judge on ex parte affidavits.

The suit was for rent in arrear under a written lease, a copy of which lease was attached to the complaint. There were seven counts each for one month’s rent at $50 per month and another count for taxes which the defendant under the lease agreed to pay. The…