Legal Opinion · Dissent

Defiance Fruit Co. v. Fox

Supreme Court of New Jersey

Decided June 15, 1908Published

On error to the Supreme Court.

1DissentGarrison, J.

A word or two will explain my vote, which is with the majority upon the merits of the ease but is opposed to the decision as to the constitutional disqualification of one of the members of this court, which incidentally involves an important question of practice.

The situation is correctly described in the opinion of the Chancellor. The plaintiff in error, who was the plaintiff below, had brought two suits against the defendant for the same cause of action, one in Salem county and one in Cumberland county. An application under the one hundred and sixty-fourth section of the Practice act was…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Wright v. the Lessee of HollingsworthSupreme Court of the United States · 1828
  2. Commonwealth ex rel. Smith v. DieffenbachSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1854
  3. Lewis v. LewisSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1901
  4. Taylor's Adm'rs v. Witman's Adm'rsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1861
  5. Central Railroad v. TunisonSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1893

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