Weller v. Jersey City, Hoboken & Paterson Street Railway Co.
New Jersey Court of Chancery
On demurrer to bill. The bill of complaint was filed by John I. Weller and Julius Lichtenstein as partners. It alleges that both complainants are licensed attorneys-at-law, and that John I. Weller is a licensed counsellor-at-law of this state. The bill states that in November, 1902, John Meifert, while a passenger on one of the cars of the defendant company, was injured by its negligence, whereby a cause of action accrued to him to recover damages for such injuries.
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On demurrer to bill. The bill of complaint was filed by John I. Weller and Julius Lichtenstein as partners. It alleges that both complainants are licensed attorneys-at-law, and that John I. Weller is a licensed counsellor-at-law of this state. The bill states that in November, 1902, John Meifert, while a passenger on one of the cars of the defendant company, was injured by its negligence, whereby a cause of action accrued to him to recover damages for such injuries. It further states that in said month said Meffert retained complainants, in writing, to settle, with said company, or to…
1Opinion of the Court
Magie, Chancellor.
The demurrer to this bill is supported upon the sole ground of a want of equity. It is not contended that the bill is defective in failing to bring before the court the different persons who it alleges had valid claims upon the defendant company, which were assigned to the complainants and form the basis of their claim. For has there been any contention that the bill is multifarious in that it has sought relief upon three several, distinct and unconnected claims.
The sole contention of the complainants in support of the bill is that by the written retainers and assignments of…
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