Hand v. Hoffman
Supreme Court of New Jersey
The facts of this case are sufficiently developed, and will be fully understood by the opinions delivered. i
1Opinion of the CourtEwing, C. J.
Upon the trial of this cause which is an action of trespass quare clausum fregit, the defendant, having pleaded liberum tenementum, made title to the locus in quo under Jonas Hoffman, .deceased, who was *87admitted to have been seized thereof at the time of making his will and at his decease. He gave in evidence the will of the said Jonas, shearing date the 9th September, 1809, in which he devised to his son Eli, as whose servant the defendant committed the alleged trespass, in these words, “ Also I give him, my son Eli, all that part of cedar swamp to the eastward of the aforesaid run and…
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