Humphreys v. Mayor of Woodstown
Supreme Court of New Jersey
The action below was in ejectment, and was brought by the defendants in error (the plaintiffs below) to obtain possession of a strip of land claimed by them to be a part of a public street or road in the borough of Woodstown, which strip the plaintiff in error (the defendant below) in 1865 enclosed, and has since occupied, to the exclusion of the public.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Parker, J.
A suit in ejectment was brought by the mayor and council of the borough of Woodstown against Ed*589ward B. Humphreys, to recover possession of a parcel of land in said borough, containing forty-seven square feet.
The nature of the controversy between the parties is briefly stated in the bill of particulars furnished by the plaintiffs before the trial, which, by consent of counsel, was made part of the record. In it the plaintiffs claim that the premises in question are included within the bounds of a public road or street in the borough of…
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