Gogolin v. Williams

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Minturn, J.

The plaintiffs, in the year 1907, employed defendant, a surveyor, to make a surve3r and map of their property, in the township of Saddle River. Thereafter, in 1910, the plaintiffs erected two houses on the land thus surveyed, and in 1915 they discovered that the survey and map included land to which they had no title, and which they were thereby obliged to.- purchase at a cost of $1,500. Before pleading in defense, defendant moved to strike out the com*267plaint upon the ground, that the cause of action, if any existed, was barred by the statute…