Rue v. Rue
Supreme Court of New Jersey
This was an action of assumpsit brought in the Circuit Court of the County of Middlesex, on the following special agreement made by the defendant’s testator, with intestate of plaintiffs.
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This was an action of assumpsit brought in the Circuit Court of the County of Middlesex, on the following special agreement made by the defendant’s testator, with intestate of plaintiffs. “ This is to certify that I engage to my son Isaac the farm which he now lives,’ and should Providence determine otherwise he is to receive of my estate, one thousand dollars — five hundred for the improvements made on the farm on which my son Joseph lives, and five hundred for money to be paid to Sarah Rue, widow of my deceased son. September twenty-seventh, 1822. (Signed) JOHN RUE.” The declaration…
1Opinion of the CourtGreen, C. J.
This was an action of assumpsit commenced in the Middlesex Circuit for the recovery of $1000 upon the following instrument of writing signed by John Rue, the defendant’s testator :
“ This to certify that I engage to my son Isaac the farm which he now lives, and should Providence determine otherwise, he is to receive of my estate one thousand dollars, five hundred dollars, for the improvements made on the farm on which my son Joseph lives, and five hundred for money to be paid to Sarah Rue, widow of my deceased son. September 27th, 1822. ‘
(Signed) ‘ JOHN RUE.”
*374Upon the trial it appeared that…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Worthington v. HylyerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1808
- Burridge v. FoggMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1851