The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-05-22
CASES HEARD
In COURTS
The Judges are Daily Grinding
out Law Decisions and
Juries Settle Disputes.
THE PRESENT WEEK WAS DULL

THE PRESENT WEEK WAS DULL
There were no Causes of Great Public
Interest or Importance Heard. A
Breach of Promise Case Wherein
Plaintiff of Mature Years sues a De-
fendant of Tender Age is Promised for
Next Week.
On the civil calendar was the suit of
Thomas L. GaSkill as receiver of the
Sterling Building and Loan Company
VS.. John H. Polhemus, of Whippany
This was a small uninteresting affair
and resulted in a verdict for the plain
tiff of S137. "a, the full amount claimed.
Polhemus, who owned stock in the de-
funct association, had given his note
for portion of the purchase price.
His defense was that the company was
insolvent at the time of the purchase
of the stock; that the officers of the
company knew of its condition and had
not told him of it. Under these Cir
cumstances he claimed that he was
not liable, but the court seemed to
take another view of the case and rem
dered a verdict as above.
The next case tried was that OF
George w. Lanterman, who, on an ac-
tion in contract for the price OF wood,
sued Henry P Witte for 1915. The
point in dispute in this case was as tc
whether there was a contract price, OF
whether the defendant was to pay the
market price for the commodity. The
jury thought the market price should
prevail and ordered verdict for the
full amount claimed.
Judge Mills denied the application
of William Wood for license in the
Berkshire Valley, claiming that the
need for such place did not seem to
exist. A remonStrance had been filed.
1t was proven that liquor had been
sold on Sunday in this place.
Case number 13 in the circuit list,
Alfred Hopkins VS.. the George A.
Mills Woodworking Co., which was
tried last Friday was decided in the
plaintiff s favor, he receiving verdict
for 1850 and interest, being the amount
sued for. The action was one for
money to be paid on contract fol-
drawing plans for the Armour house
on Normandie Heights, and the de-
fense was that the drawings were not
worth the price charged. But the
jury thought well of the contention
that no matter what the plans were
worth, the defendant had promised to
give stated sum for the work, and he
would have had to give that sum if the
drawings had only been worth five
dollars.
The application for license by Mr..
Pagan, of Whippany, was denied last
Friday.
The D., L. & w. Railroad succeeded
in non-suiting Bernard McGarry, who
asked damages for injuries sustained
to his person when an engine of the
defendant ran off the track at Dover
into the gatehouSe where he was at the
time. McGarry is a gateman employed
by the company in Dover. He claimed
that the ice on the track caused the
Car to jump from the rails and in this
way the damage was inflicted. The
court held that no liability on the part
of the defendant had been established
by the evidence inasmuch as no neg
ligence was shown on the part of the
defendant company A non-suit was
therefore ordered.
In the Court Of Common Pleas Louis
Roffman recovered a verdict for $3.50
from the Goldstein Brothers. This
was an action to recover for services in
plastering a house for the defendants
in Butler. During the course OF the
trial it was shown that before the
work had been finished by the painters
the defendants ordered them to stop
work, and then secured others to finish
the job.
Orion N. Hughson brought suit
against the executor of the estate of
one Byram to collect the amount due
on note. The defense was that there
was no consideration for the note, and
that the same was forgery, but the
jury believed the PLAINTIFFS claim to
be a good one, and awarded $3.50, the
full amount asked for by the plaintiff.
Next week will be tried breach of
promise case, wherein a lady on the
shady side of two score and ten will
ask a young man to pay for having de-
clined to keep promise to wed.
Charles L. Moore, of Mine Hill,
against Randolph township committee
for damages claimed on account of be-
ing quarantined for nineteen days on
account of alleged smallpox. The suit
was brought to recover 5000 damages
for injury to garden truck also for
being Stunned by his neighbors, whom
he could have hired had he not been
quarantined. He was given verdict
for $3.50.