Mooney v. Peck

CourtNew Jersey Supreme Court
Writing for the CourtTHE CHANCELLOR
CitationMooney v. Peck, 49 N.J.L. 232, 12 A. 177 (N.J. 1887)
Decision Date15 November 1886
PartiesJAMES MOONEY, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. DARIUS M. PECK ET AL., DEFENDANTS IN ERROR

Error to circuit court. Cape May county; REED, Judge.

This was an action by Darius M. Peck and Stanton Barnard, partners, against James Mooney, on a mechanic's lien claim. Judgment was rendered for plaintiffs, and defendant brings error.

D. J. Pancoast, for plaintiff in error. Bergen & Bergen, for defendants in error.

RUNYON, Ch. Two only of the errors assigned are relied upon for reversal. One is that the court, upon the trial permitted the lien claim filed in the cause to go to the jury; and the other is that a telegram offered by the plaintiff, and objected to by the defendant, was illegally admitted in evidence. As to the first objection, the lien claim contained a statement of the particulars of the plaintiff's demand. Upon the trial it was shown to the witness who ordered the goods, and he testified that it was a correct statement of the goods furnished pursuant to his order, and to recover the price whereof the suit was brought. There is no substance in the objection. As to the telegram, it does not appear what the ground of objection to its admission was. That the paper offered was not the original message may, perhaps, be...

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7 cases
  • Page Steel & Wire Co. v. Blair Engineering Co.
    • United States
    • U.S. Court of Appeals — Third Circuit
    • November 1, 1927
    ...specific ground of objection relied on for reversal was presented to the court below. Cole v. Cliver, 44 N. J. Law, 212; Mooney v. Peck, 49 N. J. Law, 232, 12 A. 177; Oliphant v. Brearley, 54 N. J. Law, 521, 24 A. 660. We, however, may raise an objection on our own motion under rule No. 11,......
  • | The First National Bank of Toms River v. Levy
    • United States
    • New Jersey Supreme Court
    • December 5, 1940
    ...a question which has been allowed, to which objection an exception was noted, when no reason for the objection was advanced. Mooney v. Peck, 49 N.J.L. 232, 12 A. 177; Gluck v. Castles Ice Cream, 104 N.J.L. 397, 140 A. 419; Schlosser v. Goldberg, 123 N.J.L. 470, 9 A.2d 699; Fielder v. Friedm......
  • Portley v. Hudson and Manhattan Railroad Company
    • United States
    • New Jersey Supreme Court
    • May 4, 1934
    ...out with the jury is a matter resting in the discretion of the trial judge. Rorer v. Rorer, 48 N. J. Law, 50, 3 A. 67; Mooney v. Peck, 49 N. J. Law, 232, 12 A. 177; Wright v. Rogers. 3 N. J. Law, 547; Cavanaugh v. Buehler, 120 Pa. 441, 14 A. 391; Hitchins et al. v. Mayor, etc., of Frostburg......
  • Schnoor v. Palisades Realty and Amusement Company
    • United States
    • New Jersey Supreme Court
    • April 12, 1934
    ...of the way in which the device operated. A mere objection to evidence specifying no ground will not sustain an exception. Mooney v. Peck, 49 N. J. Law, 232, 12 A. 177; Gluck v. Castles Ice Cream Co., 104 N. J. Law, 397, 140 A. 419. We. therefore, cannot consider the appellant's third point,......
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