Case Name: ALBERTSON & YOUNG COMPANY, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. MARIA E. COTY, DEFENANT IN ERROR
Court: New Jersey Court of Errors and Appeals
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Decision Date: 1900-06-18
Citations: 64 N.J.L. 713
Docket Number: 
Parties: ALBERTSON & YOUNG COMPANY, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. MARIA E. COTY, DEFENANT IN ERROR.
Judges: 
Reporter: New Jersey Law Reports
Volume: 64
Pages: 713–714

Head Matter:
ALBERTSON & YOUNG COMPANY, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. MARIA E. COTY, DEFENANT IN ERROR.
Argued March 9, 1900
Decided June 18, 1900.
•C., the husband of the defendant, sublet a portion of certain leased premises to plaintiff for a store, retaining possession of part of the second door, to which the only means of access was through the stpre. Subsequently he gave up his lease, and plaintiff leased the premises from the owner, C. remaining in possession of the second door after the execution of the last lease. Afterwards C. surrendered possession of the premises to the plaintiff, the defendant retaining a key to the door of the store and continuing to occupy the rooms on the second door. The plaintiff demanded possession of so much of the building as defendant occupied. Held, in ejectment, a nonsuit should not have been granted, there being a sufficient case for the jury.
Oil error to the Atlantic Circuit Court. Tried at the September Term, 1899, of said Circuit before Mr. Justice Ludlow and a jury, and a nonsuit ordered.
For the plaintiff in error, John W. Wescott and Francis D. Weaver.
For the defendant in error, George Bourgeois.

Opinion:
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Voorhees, J.
The writ of error in this matter brings up a judgment of nonsuit entered in the Atlantic Circuit in an action of ejectment. As nearly as can be ascertained from the printed case, one Julius Coty, husband of the defendant below, was, in or about the year 1884, in lawful possession •of the premises in dispute, viz., Nos. 2023 and 2025 Atlantic .avenue, Atlantic City, in which he lived and conducted business until 1895, when a corporation was formed under the name of the Coty & Albertson Company, which purchased the said business, and, with the consent of the said Julius Coty, took possession of the lower floor, or store part of said building, the said Coty still retaining possession of part of the-second floor, to which the only means of entrance was through the store. On April 5th, 1897, the right of possession of the said Julius Coty having expired, the said company leased the-said premises from Lorenzo Bye, the then owner, for the term of five years. Afterwards, the name of the said company was duly changed to the Albertson & Young Company. Julius Coty, it appears, remained in possession of the rooms-over the store for some little time after the execution of the above-mentioned lease. He then left Atlantic City, and it would appear from the evidence that his present residence is unknown. On March 28th, 1899, Julius Coty, notified the-said last-named corporation in writing that he thereby surrendered possession of so much of said building as he had formerly occupied, and refused to be responsible for any further payments on account of rents for the same.
The defendant below, Maria E. Coty, had a key to the door of the store and continued to occupy the said rooms, going-in and out by way of the store. The plaintiff, in writing,, demanded possession of so much of said building as the defendant occupied. She refused to give up possession, whereupon this suit in ejectment was brought, and upon the termination of the case below the court ordered a nonsuit.
I am of the opinion that a sufficient case was made by the plaintiff to go to a jury and that the judgment of nonsuit should be reversed.
For affirmance—None.
For reversal—Magie (Chancellor), Depue (Chief Justice), Van Syckel, Dixon, Garrison, Lippincott, Gummere, Bogert, Hendrickson, Adams, Vredenburgh, Voorhees. 12.