Margaret County v. Pacific Coast Borax Co.
Supreme Court of New Jersey
On motion to enter judgment upon postea showing a special verdict upon a special plea. Postea. — “Afterwards, that is to say, at a Circuit Court held at Jersey City in and for the county of Hudson, on the second Tuesday of September, a. d. 1901, by Gilbert Collins, one of the associate justices of the Supreme Court of the State of New Jersey, according to the form of the statute in such case made and provided, come as well the plaintiff, Margaret County,.administratrix, &c.,…
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On motion to enter judgment upon postea showing a special verdict upon a special plea. Postea. — “Afterwards, that is to say, at a Circuit Court held at Jersey City in and for the county of Hudson, on the second Tuesday of September, a. d. 1901, by Gilbert Collins, one of the associate justices of the Supreme Court of the State of New Jersey, according to the form of the statute in such case made and provided, come as well the plaintiff, Margaret County,.administratrix, &c., of Dennis County, deceased, as the defendants the Pacific Coast Borax Company,' the Pacific Borax and Redwoods Chemical…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Garrison, J.
In an action brought to recover damages under the Death act the defendant, a foreign corporation, pleaded specially that the action had not been commenced against it within twelve calendar months after the death of the plaintiff’s intestate, which occurred upon the 14th day of December, 1900. The postea narrates that as to this plea the jury found specially that upon December 14th, 1901, the writ of summons, tested December 12th, 1901, was delivered by the- attorney of the plaintiff to the sheriff of Hudson county, with instructions to…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Lynch v. New York, Lake Erie & Western RailroadSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1894
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- Eldridge v. Philadelphia & Reading RailroadSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1912
- Margaret County v. Pacific Coast Borax Co.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1902