Oberon Land Co. v. Dunn
New Jersey Court of Chancery
On bill to quiet title, answer and proofs. This bill is filed under the statute authorizing suits to quiet title. Gen. Stat. p. 3486. The complainant sets up a chain of , title, starting from a partition sale of the lands in question (they being parcel No. 31) in 1854 by commissioners, under the order of the orphans court of Atlantic county, and claims to own the entirety of the property, which consists of a tract of beach lands, adjoining the seaside town of Longport,…
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On bill to quiet title, answer and proofs. This bill is filed under the statute authorizing suits to quiet title. Gen. Stat. p. 3486. The complainant sets up a chain of , title, starting from a partition sale of the lands in question (they being parcel No. 31) in 1854 by commissioners, under the order of the orphans court of Atlantic county, and claims to own the entirety of the property, which consists of a tract of beach lands, adjoining the seaside town of Longport, containing about seventy-seven acres. The complainant acquired the property in 1881 by deed from one Charles Barton, and…
1Opinion of the Court
Grey, V. C.
The statute under which the complainant is proceeding in this court directs, that upon the application of either party, an issue at law shall be directed to try the validity of the claims set up by the litigants. Gen. Stat. p. 3487. Such an application has been' made in behalf of the defendants, who insist that they also' have a right to try in this court, as a preliminary issue, the question whether the complainant has such a peaceable possession of the premises in question as gives it standing to file its bill under the statute. The established practice of the court is to try…
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