The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1902-09-17
COURT PROCEEDINGS.

JUSTICE ManiOn Iltney ana Judge JONI
l.. Comet presided at the opening of tn,
September term of court ON Tuesday o.
last week
The court granted the following hote
licenses:
Chester +. Tomson, Whitehouse sta
tion, fee $3.50; Rose Hefrerman. High
Bridge, $3.50; George H. Cramer. High
Bridge, $3.50
William II. Fleming, Paramount. was
granted wholesale license. fee 500
The application of William j. IliH, OF
junction, for Il license was denied, rs a
remonstrance had been filed. The license
of Thomas DeCator, formerly of White;
house, was transferred to William Nay.
lor, who now conducts that hotel
LIST OF CAUSES.
Supreme Court.
|. John r. Wene Va. George STRIKER.
Ejectment. Martin Wyckoff Paul A.
Queen.
,. Charles T. Vail Va. American Fire
Insurance Co. Contract Martin Wye.
kof Collie & Duffield
3. Charles T. Vail vs.. Pennsylvania
Insurance Co. Contract Martin Wye
kof Collie 4 Dnftield
4. Charles T. Vail vs.. Middlesex and
Somerset Traction Co. Tort. William
{. Gcbhardt -Alvsh A. Clark.
>. James A. Kline, admir-. &C., VS. Louis
II. Schenck. Contract. r. S. Kuhl--
Schenck, Thompson 4 Grannis.
q. Mary A. Tyndsll Va. Addie IL. Skill
man. Contract. William d. Tyndall-
George II. Large
I. Peter b. Lare and Amy A. Lare vs..
Elizabeth. Plainiield and Central New
Jersey Railway Company. Tort W. c.
Gebhardt -Riker Riker.
g. Margaret Eichlin VS.. The Holland
Tramway Company and A. G. Rapp Com
pany. Tort. Paul A. Queen |. Blair
Kelley.
o. Samuel Eichln W. Holland Tramway
Company and A, c. Rapp Company. Tort
p. A. Queen. !. Blair Kelley.
10. Samuel Eichlin ct al W. Holland
Tramway Company and A. C. Rapp Com
pany. Tort. r. A. Queen--J. |. Blair
Kelley
Circuit Court.
|. Michael Lolle W.. Tommy Rosse.
Tort. II, L. Stout-R. S. Kuhl.
2. milford b. Culver W. Matthias Lieb-
ermsn. Mechanics lien George IL.
Lsrge-H. h. Herr.
3. Harry l.. Stout vs.. Lambert Humph.
rey. Attachment, DC. w. c. Parker
George II. Large.
4. Peter MARTENS vs.. Central r. II. of
n. j. Tort John II. Nunn-,Iohn l..
Conover
Morris Alpangh Va. Mayor, &c, of Bor.
ough of Junction. Tort. John II. Num
|. j. Eyears.
u. Thomas l.. Gaskill, receiver Sterling
b. l.. Co., Va. Abram l.. Beavers. Ex-
ecntor Carrot G. Hoffman, deceased
Contract. Thomas l.. Gaskill - Asa
Jones.
The case of John Z. Wene vs. George
Stryker was the first case tried. II was
an action IN ejeetment II appeared that
benjamin H. Opdycke owned n farm in
bethlehem township He had two sons
and one daughter His will, which was
probatcd July !, 1863, devised the farm
to these two sons, Charles and George
0pdyeke These aftcrward divided the
farm into two parts, each taking one.
The land is SO situated that piece of
six acres of the farm of George Opdycke
was unhandy To work, and by verbal
agreement its use was accorded to Chas.
Opdycke. A mortgage on the George OPP
mcnts forcclosed, and sold to Reuben NJ.
Bryan. who, on March %. 1901, sold il
to the plaintiff John =. Wenc. The for
merry Charles Opdycke farm is now
owned 10y David McCrea but is tenanted
by his son inlaw, George STRIKER. the
defendant The six acres il now claimed
by the defendant IA part of his farm.
The deeds produced are really the cause
of the trouble as the descriptions of the
farms are not stated by mctes and
bounds M they should have been, and
no map of the farms being made.
The defense WAS that this disputed
ground has been in the working portion
OF George Opdycke's farm for over thirty
years and was included in The Sheriff.
deed when the mortgage referred to was
foreclosed, and therefore defendant was
and legally farming il for lis
owner, Mr.. McCrea.
Verdict In favor Of the defendant