Den ex dem. Van Blarcom v. Kip
Supreme Court of New Jersey
An action of ejectment was brought in this court, by Adrian Van Blareom and others, against Walling Kip and Henry I. Kip, to recover possession of certain premises in the county of Passaic. The case was tried at the Passaic Circuit, before a jury, and a verdict rendered for the plaintiffs, and judgment entered thereon.
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An action of ejectment was brought in this court, by Adrian Van Blareom and others, against Walling Kip and Henry I. Kip, to recover possession of certain premises in the county of Passaic. The case was tried at the Passaic Circuit, before a jury, and a verdict rendered for the plaintiffs, and judgment entered thereon. The cause was removed to the Court of Errors and Appeals; the judgment was there reversed, and the record remitted to this court, with directions to award a venire de novo. 4 Zab. 854. It was again tried at the Passaic Circuit, at December Term, 1855, and a verdict rendered for…
1Opinion of the Court
The Chief Justice
delivered the opinion of the court.
This action is brought to recover possession of a wharf and lot of land, lying upon the west bank of the Passaic river, at Acquackanonck, in the county of Passaic. In sup*353port of his title to the premises in question, the plaintiff showed title to a farm of two hundred acres lying west of the river, the eastern boundary of which the plaintiff' insists is upon the river. It is in evidence that the north and south lines of the farm, which run toward the river, if extended to the river, will include the lot in question. If the plaintiff’s farm…
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