Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-06-03
Together With Wife He Sets
Fourth His Side of Pro-
perty Dispute.
DENIES ANY COERCION
Says Property Put In Mrs.
Zimmerman's Name That
II Might be Sold.

John II. Gregory and his wife,
Mrs. Ella Gregory, have filed answers
to the suit of Mrs. Beulah Zimmer-
man in the Newark Court of Chan
Gerry, In which Mrs. Zimmerman is
seeking to have set aside a convey
ance to him of q residence at the
southwest corner of Rector street
and Woodruff place. Both answers
are almost identical, and set forth
reasons why they allege that the
PLAINTIFF has no legal right to the
property In question. The answers
set forth that because of mortgage
held by Mr.. Gregory on the property,
the conveyance was made to him by
Mrs. Zimmerman with the provision
that the property should be sold and
that the latter was to get all above
that which Mr.. Gregory claimed.
The answers state that Loie Hart
enstein conveyed the property to
Beulah Zimmerman on September 26,
1912, though Mr.. Gregory denies that
the property was worth $4,000 and
places it's value at $4,000. Mrs.
Hartenstein bought the property for
$4,000, according to the answer,
$4,000 Of which money Mr., Gregory
claims he advanced to Mrs. Harten-
stein, agreeing to let the loan stand
as first mortgage against the home.
When Mrs, Hartenstein, according to
the answers, conveyed the property
to Beulah Zimmerman last Septem-
Der, the mortgage was still standing.
Mrs. Zimmerman, the defendant al
leges, told him that she was going
to sell the property and asked Mr..
Gregory to cancel the mortgage to
facilitate the sale. The mortgage,
Mr.. Gregory claims, was cancelled on
her promise to pay the defendant
$4,000 and interest as soon as the
sale could be made.
The answers state that Mrs.
Zimmerman made no effort to sell
the property after the title became
clear. The defendant claims he then
wrote to the plaintiff and asked her
to convey the property to him so
that he could sell it, promising to
give her all he obtained over the
$4,000 and interest due him.
| The defendant states in his answer
that after much trouble he finally
obtained a promise from the plaintiff
that she would convey to him the
property on condition that the de-
fendant give her S400 piano and
other furniture amounting to $1,000
which the deponent AYERS the plaintiff
had been using in her home and is
still using. Mr.. Gregory was to re-
fund to the plaintiff all above his
claim when he sold the house. The
deed to the property was then exc
cuted to the Gregory Wrecking and
Contracting Company. Mr.. Gregory
denies having coerced or had his
attorney to coerce the plaintiff into
having the deed executed.
The defendant further states IN
his answer that, unable to sell the
same to his wife for $4,000. The
amount was paid by two bonds and
cash. One bond was of the Consoli-
dated Gas Company, Of Newark, then
marketable at s1.040, and the other
Of the city OF Perth Amboy. valued
at $1,000. The balance was paid by
Mrs. Gregory's personal check on the
Perth Amboy Trust Company. In
Mrs. Gregory's answer to the suit she
states that prior to the filing of the
bill she had no knowledge "of any
previous transactions or business
dealings of any sort relative to the
said Beulah Zimmerman and the said
John H. Gregory, the Gregory Wreck
ing and Contracting Company or
Loie Hartenstein.''
The above answers followed an
application made by Joseph e. Strick-
er before Vice Chancellor Stevens in
the Newark Court Of Chancery for
rule to show cause why Mrs. Ella
Gregory, in whose name the property
now stands, should not be restrained
from selling, mortgaging or in any
other way encumbering the property,
and why receiver should not be
appointed to collect the $40 per
month rent from the house.