Hercey v. Board of Chosen Freeholders

The board of chosen freeholders of Essex county condemned the complainant's property for public use and paid the award into court. Instead of filing a petition in the original cause, as is the usual and correct practice, the complainant filed this bill to obtain the money and have determined how much should be allowed Louisa Powell, lessee of the premises under a three-year lease expiring July 1st, 1926, with an option for an additional two years, which option was to be deemed exercised if the tenant remained in possession after July 1st, 1926, and it was stipulated "in such event this…