Baldwin v. Shannon
Supreme Court of New Jersey
On rule to show cause why a verdict should not be set aside ■and a new trial granted. The verdict was returned for the plaintiffs by direction of the trial judge. The facts involved in the cause sufficiently appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Reed, J.
This action of ejectment involves the title to a strip of land in Jersey City, fronting ten feet on Palisade avenue. The properties of the plaintiff and of the defendant adjoin, and the title to the property of each is derived from the same source originally, namely, the owners of what was known as the Coles estate tract. The deeds of each party convey lots as delineated upon a certain map.
This map subdivides into lots an entire tract of land lying between Hoboken and Palisade avenues. It is a long and somewhat wedged-shape piece of ground,…
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