Wortman v. Skinner
Supreme Court of New Jersey
The facts of the case sufficiently appear in the opinions delivered. The cause was argued in the Court of Chancery by J. J. Scofield, and V. Dalrimple for the complainant below, who is the appellant in this court, and by Jacob Vanatta and J. W. Miller for defendants. Prom the decree made in the Court of Chancery the complainant appealed. The following opinion was furnished by the Chancellor, as containing his reasons for the decree.
1Opinion of the Court
Williamson, C.
The land in dispute consists of two tracts of land in Morris county, one lot called the Quirnby lot, of ninety-one acres, the other the still-house lot, of one hundred and nineteen acres. Nicholas Emmons died in 1821, seized of this land, and of considerable other land in the county of Morris. He left ten children. The defendants are the heirs at law of Catharine Skinner, one of the ten children, who died in 1828, leaving a husband who survived her, and died in 1831. The defendants brought an ejectment in the Morris court to recover the two tracts of land of the complainant, who…
2Cited by1 opinion
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