The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-03-16
uPP|NCOTIS ESTATE. ]
It Is Valued at $4,000
Against Which There
Are Claims Amount
ing to $4,000.

Application was made by Counselor
Charles C. Black to Judge Blair in the
Orphans Court yesterday afternoon for
permission to sell the farm and swamp
| lands at vincentown, Burlington county,
this State, belonging to the estate of the
| late Supreme Court Justice Job H. Lib
pincott. The proceedings disclosed the
surprising fact that the total equity i'll
the estate was about $4,000, against
which claims aggregating over $2O,o0O had
| been filed.
| For the past fifteen years, and until the
time of his death, Mr.. Lippincott held
| judicial positions in the Common Pleas
and Supreme Courts successfully, at an
average salary of over $1,000 for the en-
tire time. Prior to that for many years
| he was counsel to the Board of Freehol-
| ders at a salary of $500 a year, and at
| The same time enjoyed what was believed
to be one of the most profitable legal
practices in the county His family CON
SISTED of Mrs. Lippincott and a son Her
bert now about eighteen years of age.
| Until the last few years Justice Lippin-
colt lived in an unpretentious dwelling on
Pavonia avenue, near the Boulevard. He
was not known to be a man of extrava-
giant habits, and it is not believed that
he speerlated to any extent, yet, ac-
cording to the statements made in the
Orphans Court yesterday, heNnas left
nothing but debts.
This surprising condition of affairs was
revealed by a motion made by Counsellor
G. c. Black, representing Mrs. Lippincott,
for permission for her to sell, as admin
istratrix, thirteen parcels of land at VIM
centown, Burlington county, this State,
belonging to the estate of her deceased
husband.
Ex-senator Henry B. Grick and County
Collector John Grick of Burlington coun-
ty testified that the total value of the
Lippincott estate in that county was
S4,7OO against which there was mortgage
of $1,000 and s100 in back taxes. The
property consisted of farm and swamp
lands varying in value from $3.50 to $40
an acre. The latter figure was fixed as
the value of the 100 acre farm at Vincen-
town on which is situated the old home
stead, in which Justice Lippincott was
born. One parcel of land consisting of
one and a half acres of swamp land was
valued at S.
The property had also been appraised
whose estimates of it's value varied but
little from the figures submitted by the
Gricks. Mr.. Lawrence testified that he
had disposed of all the personal property
of the late Justice, including his law
library, for $13,503. Its appraised value
was S2,40O.
Counselor c. G. Black then took the
stand and testified that a little over
$4,000 in claims against Justice Lippin-
cott's estate had been sworn to and filed.
The property referred to above is all
the realty owned by the late Justice, ex-
cept the residence on Sip avenue in which
he died, and which was recently sold un-
der foreclosure of mortgage. There was
| little or no equity in this property, 80
practically the entire estate of the dead
jurist was worth about $1,000, and he
owed over $4,000.
Lawyer Black and Judge Lawrence,
| both of whom were warm personal
| friends of Justice Lippincott, have work
| ed indefatigably to save as much as pos
eible out of the wrecked estate for the
| widow. 1t is understood that she has no
other income, as her husband left no cash
| in bank nor insurance on his life.