Berla v. Strauss

Howell, V. C.

The hill in this case is filed for the purpose of having this court decree a resulting trust in favor of the complainant in a tract of land in the northern part of the city of Newark. Some time in 1891 the complainant, Berla, with Barnard Strauss and Samuel A. Smith became partners under the firm name of Strauss, Smith & Berla and were engaged in the manufacture of fertilizers upon the plot of land in question. The title to the land was in a corporation known as the Newark Sanitary and Manufacturing Company. This company in 1891 mortgaged the premises in question to August Rommel…