Case Name: THE BLOOMINGTON MINING COMPANY v. ISAAC H. SEARLES ET AL.
Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Decision Date: 1901-06-10
Citations: 66 N.J.L. 373
Docket Number: 
Parties: THE BLOOMINGTON MINING COMPANY v. ISAAC H. SEARLES ET AL.
Judges: 
Reporter: New Jersey Law Reports
Volume: 66
Pages: 373–374

Head Matter:
THE BLOOMINGTON MINING COMPANY v. ISAAC H. SEARLES ET AL.
Argued February 20, 1901
Decided June 10, 1901.
In an action on contract the declaration set out a promise to John W. Peale, “who was the agent of the said plaintiff,” with an averment “that the said contract then and there became in law a contract of the said defendants with the said plaintiff.” Held, that this averment is an averment of a matter of law, and is not supported by facts from which that legal result could be deduced.
On contract. On demurrer to the declaration.
Before Depue, Chief Justice, and Justices Dixon, Collins and Hendrickson.
For the plaintiff, Vail & Ward.
For the defendant, John B. Hardin.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
This is an action on contract. The declaration charged a promise to John W. Peale, "who was the agent of the said plaintiff." The declaration set out no promise to the plaintiff, and discloses no facts from which the relation of Peale to the plaintiff may be inferred. Precisely on this ground this court sustained a demurrer to a prior declaration. Bloomington Mining Co. v. Searles, 35 Vroom 525.
The only change made in this declaration is by adding the words "that the said contract then and there became, in law, a contract of the said defendants with the said plaintiff." That averment is an averment of a'matter of law, and is not supported by facts from which that legal principle could be deduced.
There should be judgment on the demurrer for the defendant.