American Dock & Improvement Co. v. Trustees for the Support of Public Schools
New Jersey Court of Chancery
Bill for relief. On motion on behalf of complainants to set aside the verdict rendered on the trial of the issue at law, and motion on the part of the receiver of the "West Line Railroad Company for a final decree upon the verdict. Charge of the court by De/pue, J. : This suit is an issue out of the court of chancery.
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Bill for relief. On motion on behalf of complainants to set aside the verdict rendered on the trial of the issue at law, and motion on the part of the receiver of the "West Line Railroad Company for a final decree upon the verdict. Charge of the court by De/pue, J. : This suit is an issue out of the court of chancery. The chancellor directed that the issue should be “Whether the New Jersey West Line Railroad Company, at and after the date of the delivery of the deed from the state of New Jersey to said companyj referred to in the pleadings in this cause, which was on or about the 19th day of…
1Opinion of the Court
The Chancello».
The grounds on which the complainants’ claim to relief is; based are so fully stated in the opinion of the court of errors and appeals in this case (8 Stew. Eq. 181), and in the charge of the-justice who presided at the trial of the issue at law, that it would be entirely superfluous to restate them here at any length.. The land in question in this suit is a tract known as the ’West-Line Grant, formerly wholly under the waters of Communipaw bay. The complainants claim it as riparian owners, and insist that their title as such was recognized, fortified and established-' by the…
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