Legal Opinion

Fath v. Thompson

Supreme Court of New Jersey

Decided June 15, 1895PublishedCited by 7 opinions

On error to Supreme Court. This case was tried at the Camden Circuit Court before Hon. Eichard T. Miller, Circuit judge, and a jury, and a verdict rendered for the plaintiff.

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Garrison, J.

This is an action of ejectment brought by Thompson against Fath for the possession of a narrow strip of land lying along the river Delaware at Gloucester City and forming the easterly bank of the river at that point. The loons has as its westernmost boundary a stone wall, upon the westerly face of which the river Delaware marks high water. Possession of this ripa is claimed by Thompson, the plaintiff, as the grantee of William Hugg the elder, by virtue of sundry conveyances of “The Fishery” which the said Hugg owned in connection with the…

2Cited by7 opinions

  1. St. Louis S. F. R. Co. v. DavisSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1913
  2. Caldwell v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1905
  3. Hoffman v. Trenton TimesSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1940
  4. Valls v. Paramus Bathing Beach, Inc.New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1957
  5. Consolidated Traction Co. v. BehrSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1896

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