McWilliams v. King
Supreme Court of New Jersey
In trespass. On demurrer to replication, and joinder in demurrer. The pleadings in this case are of considerable length, and involve several issues of law and fact. The only parts necessary to a proper understanding of the points brought up by the demurrers, are concisely and clearly set forth in, the opinion of the court. The cause was argued before the Chief Justice, and Justices Elmer, Vredenburgh, and Bedle.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
The Chief Justice.
Several of the replications in this-case have been demurred to, and thus the points of inquiry are presented.
The action is in trespass, quare clausum fregit, the declaration being in the common form. The fifth plea is by Phillips alone, who is one of the defendants, and sets up that he was a constable, and that a writ of possession came to his hands from a justice of the peace, by virtue of the supplement to the act relating to landlords and tenants, commanding him to remove the plaintiff from the premises in question, and that this…
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