Rector, Wardens & Vestrymen of Church of Holy Communion v. Paterson Extension Railroad
Supreme Court of New Jersey
On error to the Supreme Court. The opinion of the Supreme Court is reported in 34 Vroom 470.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Depue, Chief Justice.
This was a suit brought by the plaintiffs in error against the two railroad companies named as defendants in error.- The action is in tort. At the trial in the Circuit the court directed a verdict for the defendants, on the ground that the receipt of January 9th, 1882, hereinafter referred to, was a conclusive acquittance of the .damages sued for. The judgment entered upon that verdict was affirmed in the Supreme Court, from which judgment of affirmance the plaintiffs brought this writ of error.
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