Ridgeway v. Underwood
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of New Jersey
This was an ejectment brought [by Jacob Ridgeway against Jacob G. Underwood] to recover a tract of land called the lower or Griffith farm, containing one hundred and seventy-seven aeres; and the cause came before the court for judgment, upon a case agreed, with liberty to either party to turn it into a special vei diet The facts stated in the case, and which are material to notice, are the following: Joseph Jones being, in February, 1814, seis-ed of a tract of land, lying in…
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This was an ejectment brought [by Jacob Ridgeway against Jacob G. Underwood] to recover a tract of land called the lower or Griffith farm, containing one hundred and seventy-seven aeres; and the cause came before the court for judgment, upon a case agreed, with liberty to either party to turn it into a special vei diet The facts stated in the case, and which are material to notice, are the following: Joseph Jones being, in February, 1814, seis-ed of a tract of land, lying in the state of New Jersey, called the Griffith farm, containing three hundred and eighty acres, of which the premises in…
1Opinion of the Court
PENNINGTON, District Judge.
I consider all the transactions respecting the distribution of the different lots of land and real property to the holders of certificates, from the beginning down to the deed from Jones to the holders of certificates, and including that deed, as a lottery transaction; and that the plan being contrived, and executed in Pennsylvania, makes no difference, so far as it respects the land embraced by it lying in New Jersey; and this, whether the laws of Pennsylvania were violated or not. The transaction was not only against the policy, but the express prohibitions of the…
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