Schultz v. Byers
Supreme Court of New Jersey
On error to the Hudson County Circuit Court. The plaintiffs, Helena Schultz and Valentine Schultz, were the owners of a lot of land in Bayonne, Hudson county, upon which there was a building erected on brick piers set from three feet to three feet and a half in the ground. The defendant, who owned the adjoining land, excavated to the depth of seven feet within three or four inches of the plaintiffs' building, and erected a house thereon.
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On error to the Hudson County Circuit Court. The plaintiffs, Helena Schultz and Valentine Schultz, were the owners of a lot of land in Bayonne, Hudson county, upon which there was a building erected on brick piers set from three feet to three feet and a half in the ground. The defendant, who owned the adjoining land, excavated to the depth of seven feet within three or four inches of the plaintiffs' building, and erected a house thereon. The excavation by the defendant, within the line of his own land, caused the building of the plaintiffs to sink, and it was weakened, cracked and injured.…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Scudder, J.
The declaration is framed on the idea that the plaintiffs' land, dwelling house and building were entitled to support by the adjacent land of the defendant, and that by wrongfully digging away and removing such support the damage complained of was caused, whereby a right of action-accrued. A demurrer was filed to this declaration, but it appears to have been waived, and the cause was tried on ai plea of the general issue, and proofs. With this form of pleading, leaving the declaration unaltered, there is difficulty-in holding the case in…
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