Case Name: WILLIAM R. SUTPHEN, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. COUNTY OF SOMERSET, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT
Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Decision Date: 1939-10-16
Citations: 123 N.J.L. 414
Docket Number: 
Parties: WILLIAM R. SUTPHEN, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. COUNTY OF SOMERSET, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.
Judges: 
Reporter: New Jersey Law Reports
Volume: 123
Pages: 414–415

Head Matter:
WILLIAM R. SUTPHEN, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. COUNTY OF SOMERSET, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.
Argued May 19, 1939
Decided October 16, 1939.
For the appellant, Lum, Tamblyn & Fairlie and Grover F. Kipsey (Ralph E. Lum, of counsel).
For the respondent, T. Girard Wharton.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
This case is ruled by Crater v. County of Somerset, decided at the current term of this court on an opinion filed herewith, reported in 123 N. J. L. 407.
Since the conclusions therein stated are dispositive of the merits of the cause of action pleaded herein, the judgment is reversed, and the record is remanded to the end that the complaint be struck out and judgment final entered for defendant.
For affirmance — Donges, Pekskie, JJ. 2.
For reversal — The Chancellor, Chief Justice, Paekee, Podine, Hej-tee, Porter, Hetfield, Dear, Wells, WolfsKetl, Rafferty, Hague, JJ. 12.