Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-06-15
County Courts.

lHUBSDA4t June Q.
The case OF the Repauno Chemical Com-
pany ys. John Rambo, Jr, was tried before
Justice Miller The action was brought
under the Landlord and Tenant act to
recover possession of a farm owned by
the plaintiff and tenanted by Rambo The
property was leased to Rambo in March,
| 1898, for one year, and, according to the
plaintiff 8 allegations, no new lease was
| executed, and at the expiration OF the
lease notice was served on the tenant to
vacate. which he refused to do. Proceed
| idgs were then instituted in the Justices
court, and the case was certified TO the
! Circuit Court The defendant testified that
he was holding possession of the farm I'M
der an agreement reached with the Secre-
tary of the company that he was to have
the place for another year under the terms
of the old lease. The Court refused mo-
ton for a non-suit on the part of the de-
PENDANT and reiueed the request of the
plaintiff to instruct the jury to find yer.
dict for the plaintiff The jury found a
verdict for the defendant.
The trial of the case of Annie d. Hardy
vs. Henrietta B Lodge followed the above
case Miss Hardy according to her own
story, lived with the defendant as a COM
panIon for about sixteen years, for which
she was not compensated She sought to
recover for six years service at the rate OF
$40 per week for four years, and SIS a
week for two years. The witness on cross
examination said she was not a hired
employer at the home of Mrs. Lodge, but
tnat she expected remuneration for her
work, because the defendant had repeatedly
informed her that she would care for her
and keep her from need Several other
witnesses were examined to show that the
defendant intended to compensate the
plaintiff The defence made motion for
non-suit, on the grounds that the plaintiff
had failed to establish the relation of
servant and master between the parties to
the suit. The motion was denied, and on
similar grounds the defence made motion
that the Court instruct the jury to find a
verdict for the defence on the presentation
of the plaintiffs case. This motion was
also denied.
The first witness for the defence testified
that she heard Miss Hardy say that she
expected no pay for her work. Mrs j. E
Nicholson said she heard Miss Eardy say
that she was no panper and did not expect
anything from the Lodges.
marry LandeTs testlne0 tnab Ne never
heard Mrs. Lodge give orders to the plain
tiff-that Miss Hardy gave most of the
orders The case went to the jury Friday
afternoon, and a verdict of no cause of
action, was rendered.
FRIDAY, June 8
The suit of the Holmesbutg Granite
Company VS. George w West, contractor,
to recover about $1,000 for stone delivered
for the building of the Cape May Presby-
terrain church was being tried
The plaintiffs case was that the mate
rial had been shipped to a sub-contractor
and by an agreement charged to West
The defendant denied that he ever entered
into a contract for the stone with the
plaintiff. The case was not completed at
the hour Of adjournment, and was con-
tinued until Monday.
The trial of the last case set down for
trial this term-that of Barbara Kerns VS..
Henry g. Green, was begun on Tuesday
and the plaintiffs side of the case was
presented when a recess was taken last
night. The contention is over the line be-
tween Kerns aud Green, and many deeds
and much testimony by residents has been
offered. Mr.. Clymer represents the plain
tiff and Mr.. SWackhamer the defendant