Lehigh Zinc & Iron Co. v. New Jersey Zinc & Iron Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dixon, J.

This was an action of trover brought to recover damages for the conversion of twenty-three car loads of ore, mined by the defendant in January, 1889, on a tract of land known as the Mine Hill farm, in the township, of Hardyston and county of Sussex.

The plaintiff claimed title under several deeds, of which only three need be even partially recited. These are:

1. A deed from Samuel Fowler to the Sussex Zinc and Copper Mining and Manufacturing Company, dated March 10th, 1848, conveying in fee “all the zinc, copper, lead, silver and gold ores, and…