The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-02-13
VINE IN, TENANT OUT YOUNG Wife IN JAIL
Serious Charges Against q
North Hudson j. P. Dam
ages for an Ejeetment.

Counsellor Goldenhorn began a suit for
$500 against Mr.. Oscar Sellinger, Charles
p Schnueriger and A. Schmidt before
Judge Puster this morning. The amount
sued for is the estimated damage on store
furniture which was thrown out of the
premises at No 5SS Spring street, West
Hoboken. Mr.. Sellinger was the instiga-
tor of dispossess proceedings which result
ed in the eiectment of Mr.. Henry Rubin
Mr.. Schmidt is the owner of the property
and Charles P. Schnueringer is the Justice
of the Peace. holding court at No. So Ber-
genline avenue, before whom the ejectment
case was tried.
This trial was a farce, according to
Counsellor Goldenhorn. in which neither
he nor his client received proper opportun-
ity to set themselves right For this rea-
sen he brings the present suit on behalf
cf his client. He Furthermore intends
to prefer charges against the Justice be-
fore the Grand Jury The charges viii be
of drunkenness, and possibly of --'-c.ry.
In the later case the Counsellor has an
yet no sworn statements on which to base
his charges. but a number OF persons have
made statements to that effect. says
Counsellor Goldenhorn.
The trouble began with the refusal of
Mr. Henry Rubin. who rented the store
at No. 5SS Spring street, West Hoboken,
from Mr.. Oscar Sellinger ito pay rent for
the place. The agreement between the
two. as both agree was that the premises
should be placed in thorough repair be-
fore Rubin began his occupancy. The
rent, according to Rubin, was to be $40 a
month: according ito Sellinger, $l5.
Rubin rented the place on December 20,
cc If
months rent, and then refused to pay the
balance because the agreement with re-
gard to repairing the property had not
been fulfilled. Sellinger sent his son
around twice since January 23 when the
rent fell due. to collect the balance, burt it
was refused both times. Finally he
brought suit for possession before Justice
! Schnueriger.
| The trial was set for P. NJ, on We'd
nesday, February 5. 1t was DELAYED some
hours, but in the end Judgment was
/ rendered for the plaintiff. In the trial
| Rubin produced two witnesses to prove
| that the rent agreed upon was $40. They
! were his wife andsa neighbor, Mrs. John-
son, who happened to be visiting Mrs
Rubin when young Sellinger called. They
| both stated that he demanded only 81
! the balance left after the payment OF
S. Against these statements appeared
| the statement of Mr.. Oscar Sellinger
| alone that the price set upon the prem
| ises was $15
Rubin claimed he was approached by
| a man named Schmidt, claiming to be
the owner of the property, and offered
so by him to leave the premises This
he refused It subsequently became
known to him that this Mr.. Schmidt had
! purchased the property from Selllngel
on December 81, eleven days after ms
| renting.
Counsellor Goldenhorn claimed that his
| client was not permitted to ask certain
! questions of the owner. He claims thai
| the Justices manner was arpltrary II
| layed while the Justice secured counsel
/ for the plaintiff. He says, too, that the
| Justice became intoxicated during the
! delay in the counseis arrival and was sc
! during the trial. The decree was for in
stant possession. Counsellor Goldenhorr
| says, however, that he obtained a prom
/ ise that time would be given to remove
/ Rubin,s goods and chattels. He was tt
ters and convey the furniture to them
| on condition that he did not certiorar
the proceedings, he says. He agreed te
| this because he knew he would have nc
| time to accomplish that purpose.
| Despite this, the things were thrown
| out on the street in the heavy storm OF
| Thursday last and left there long enough
| to be badly damaged They were finally
| placed, through the kindness of neigh
Dor, in a nearby store. Rubin himself
| is a cripple and was treated rather
| roughly when he essayed to protect his
| property, he claims. Friends have taker
| hold of the case and are pushing it fol
| him. .
Counsellor Goldenhorn characterizes the
| Whole proceedings as high-handed and
| unjust. The condition of the Justice or
| the day of the trial, he says, was beast
". the suit will be continued before
ment to the Grand Jury will be made
| shortly by the counsellor.