The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-11-27

IN the New Jersey Chancey Court Iof tortI
years there has been pending tho celebratfd
S Sssse q e e gSSS a0S S sssiSSs ssai z 9Rs T Sss.' t n s sgS;
old PSssaic county pIactitioners have taken
e small Il bias .iair 70 hold q position on TIE
records for half q century more, For forty
pending. Tt Is a land case OF obscure merit.
yet n small fortune has been spent IN Ieeine
lawyers. Former Attorney-oenera OWN 1,
as a friendly bequest to Counsellor voorhees,
Of Camden. who Continued in the case until ne
gave NJ, practice; 1t belongs ths upper paf'
The most noted suit was begun In the Chan
f FIyab ps1Si Sfi In chan sSanc sPg N Il i the famous
Cinker-Lo Rghtmon case. II was between
John. Earl Of stair. and thirty-eiEht East JeLo1
others. 1t was a contest for some Of the land
on which Elizabeth now stands. Issue was
Sisd in ~ i745 and eoVers 100 sheets, Il was
printed By James Parker In la and covered
loo paFes f9lio. The answer was not hisd nn p
getting up a. document equally formidable,
and e has always been useful as history OF
the State aud the Constitution OF New jersey.
Every lawyer Of prominence In the, state vas
interested The case never reached an end.
Rs SSa 81 Af as sueee pais5p the late st ' gSd SaH sts~.
art, who died seven, years ago ne. has been
In the Chancery. office for TWENTY-FIVE years.
office. The other day. when the subject OF old
cases was under discussion. he told OF . we'll
Tor Years Dursed a case ana MANAGED to get
Az annual fee out of 4. The LAWYER finally
concluded to retire and hand his extensive
ternai ,precepts.. One day the son returned
home from business and announced that he
NY son. what have you donef' inquired the
ta!hsE:
What" yelled the excited father. Closed
the Jones-Barrick easel Young man. you're
q fool; a disgraee TO the profession: = lupk-
f Peea fn Years S' 1 have awe n IN ed that case. 50 as 70
i'm The doot, and he tfs, ;thiHS You Dc 4 4; ;t g
a t1 YOUR row oHn 'f Twins sA'f I'm I through III with vqa.S
ard Jarndyce. where the, costs have absorbed
the entire amount, in litigation. 1t was only
recently that an odd case in ehancery reached
Shorse thief, which award was sought By three
I ef65SoOR m trying hhst tS a ss the s sEs. The P R%fne ' aad
Hopeyel Pursuing Company offered q reward
sbr sa5 ns Tor t asIi SSptq Ws,S q q .n h9F sS,1 snie 4, s dsi
manded the reward. The Purruina Company
paid the money into court aud let the claim.
and discover TO whom the s75 should be paid:
g Tss P sSsa1,. fsG 70 9 s1b5 5e b. w so tsas , issi ;S nRs
defendants had @, go into their pockets to
mako good the deficiency. and the $I5 was
swallowed up by the costs. Each litiEant hired
a. lawyer and the Pursuing Company en-
ployed two, making five lawyers.
The Court of Chancery. as . rule. has in its
possession anywhere from $4,000 to S10.-
600 which belongs to litieants. Some Of this
money has been Accomplishing for years, A
few weeks ago the court paid over $500 to q
claim ant, the amount having been in chan
Gerry for nearly forty years. An old war vet
Gran In Trenton. named Toby Metz. was about
to be sent to the almshouse when 1t was dis
covered THAT he was a ward, OF chancery and
that more than 500 awaited him. The Grand
Army men secured the money. named q trus-
tee and the veteran will be made comfortable
for the rest OF his days.