The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-06-28
TIE CORVINS' LAND.
Lehigh Railway Officials
Hope to Make a Clever
Purchase Soon.
HEIRS ARE AT LOGGERHEADS
Thus the Railway May Get Some
Valuable Property on a
Forced Sale.

The Lehigh Valley Railway Company
is playing shrewd game with the hope
of capturing at a nominal price seventy
tive full city lots in South Cove. now
owned by the estate of M. A. Corwin.
The company is in a fair way to get the
prize, as 1t is proiting by a sguabble
among the heirs of the estate, and
it is alleged some peculiar tactics
were made use of when an ATTEMPT
was made to divide the property
after the death of Mr., E. G. Corwin,
whose fortune was left to be divided
among three children. two boys and one
girl.
Miss L. II. Corwin is now undertaking
to break what she considers Gas do also
her lawyers an illegal sale, which cut her
off without cent of her share in the
South Cove property, now valued at sew
eral thousand dollars.
THE LAND THEY'RE AFTER.
The property which IS sought by the
company is described as beginni ng at a
point in the centre line of jenkins street
where said line inter5ects the south line
Of lands owned by the Morris Canal aud
southerlv along the centre line of
jenkins street to the centre
line of Dudley street. thence east
erly along the centre line of Dudley
sheet $50 feet to point, thence northerly
and parallel with Jenkins street to the
south line Of lands owned by the Morris
Canal aud Banking Company, thence
westerly along the south line of said lands
$50 feet to the point of beginning.
The property takes ia half of blocks
Nos 265, 266, 267 and POS. 1t is assessed
for $4,000. The tax arrears amount to
about $50, 600, or $1,000 more than it Is as
sessed for.
The Juggling with the property dates
back to the time of E. G. Corwin's death
in 1866 Mr.. Corwin appointed as admins
traitors of his estate his two sons James
and K. T. Corwin, the latter minister,
now in charge of the Hertzog Seminery
at New Brunswick.
James Corwin, 1t is said, proposed that
certain portions of the estate be sold TO
satisfy number of outstanding ohliga-
lions. No objections were raised TO this
either by the mother or daughter. L. N.
Corwin. Application was made TO the Or
phans' Court for permission to make the
sale, and it was granted.
QUEER SALE.
In 1858 the sale took place, Mr.. James
Gopsll, who had married Miss Garrett
sou, sister of the wife of James Corwin,
acting as auctioneer. The sale was slimly
attended, as it was considered that the
property was almost valueless- The prop
erty was struck down to Jesse Wandell,
an old man residing on the Heights, An
affidavit now in the hands OF Counsellor
Spencer Weart. counsel for Mrs. L. M.
Corwin. shows that Jesse Wandell did
not make bid for the property, was not
present at the sale, and did notkuow that
1t had been struck down to MIN until re-
quested TO sign the properly over TO Mrs.
| James Corwin by her husband.
MIR. Wandell did as requested, and
from this action arises the lawsuit
which will occupy the attention of the
court in a short time, it being claimed
that the son as an administrator could
not buy In the property.
In 1868 Mrs James Corbin, now the
wife of Superintendent Brooks, of the
Pennsylvania Railway, sold to the Cen
trail Railway Company strip of prop
erty for $1,000.
Mrs. L. M Corwin, who intends con-
testing the original sale, states that she
did not receive penny of the $1,000, and
claims that she was entitled TO her third
| A difference of opinion on this matter has
| caused much bad blood in the family, and
| the Rev. K. Il. Corwin recently washed
| his hands of the proceedings by giving
| 10 his sister his share In the property.
Mrs. l.. NJ. Corwin has also stated the
| case to Collins & Corbin, and legal
| proceedings will be begun at once. Coun-
sellor Record. for the Lehigh Valley
Railway Company, is endeavoring to
| purchase the property but has declined
an offer made by Mrs. Brooks of $40, 900
cash. outside the taxes
| Just as soon as the taxes are adjusted
| the property will be offered for sale
\ under the Martin act and it is for this the
Lehigh Valley officials are waiting. The
property is surrounded by tracks Of the
latter company and is a valuable strip of
| land as it is within a few blocks of the
river front and nearsthe canal. Interest
ing developments are expected.