Inhabitants of Township v. Watters
New Jersey Court of Chancery
Heard on bill, answer and proofs. The object of the bill is to withdraw■ from the jurisdiction of the law court and procure the final determination in this court of a cause of action which the defendant, Watters, claims to have against the complainant, the township of Cranford, by reason of the performance by him for the complainant of divers works, being part and parcel of -a sewer system installed by the complainant within its territorial limits.
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Heard on bill, answer and proofs. The object of the bill is to withdraw■ from the jurisdiction of the law court and procure the final determination in this court of a cause of action which the defendant, Watters, claims to have against the complainant, the township of Cranford, by reason of the performance by him for the complainant of divers works, being part and parcel of -a sewer system installed by the complainant within its territorial limits. The work was mainly done under written contract, which was entered into in the year 1894. There are also claims on the part of Watters (1) for…
1Opinion of the Court
Pitney, Y. C.
The serious question in the cause is whether the court ought to take jurisdiction of it. It is urged, first, that it is not a cause in which the court ought to have assumed jurisdiction if that jurisdiction had been sought before any action at law had been commenced; and second, granting that the court would ever have taken jurisdiction, it is contended that, having permitted the court of law to proceed and deal with the cause to the extent of a reference, it is now too late for the defendant at law to ask this court to withdraw the cause from the jurisdiction of that court.
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