Legal Opinion
Bright v. Platt
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided March 15, 1880PublishedCited by 4 opinions
On appeal from a decree of the chancellor, reported in Platt v. Bright, 4 Stew. 81.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Dixon, J.
Annie E. Bright was the owner of a tract of land in Monmouth county, upon which she and her husband executed a mortgage for $9,372. This mortgage afterwards passed, by assignment, to the complainant, who, on its becoming *370due, filed his bill in chancery for foreclosure. While the suit was pending, the New Egypt and Farmingdale Railroad Company commenced proceedings under its charter (P. L. 1869 p. 472) for the condemnation of a strip of this land,, giving notice to only Mrs. Bright and her husband, as owners, and an award was therein made,…
2Cited by4 opinions
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