70 N.J.L. 620
Decided February 23, 1904
Supreme Court of New Jersey · decided 1904-02-23
<p>A justice of the peace loses jurisdiction of a cause when absent on the day to which it was adjourned.</p>
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Decided 1904-02-23
Cited by 7 later decisions — most recently October 1983
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¶1The judgment brought up by the writ in this case must be set aside. A justice of the peace loses jurisdiction of a cause when absent on the day to which a previous hearing has been adjourned, and he cannot afterwards adjourn the cause and proceed with the trial.
¶2This case is controlled by the case of McKenna v. Murphy, 39 Vroom 522.
¶3The judgment is reversed, with costs.