Supreme Court of New Jersey February 15, 1896 (Hoffman v. Lowell)

The opinion of the. court was delivered by

Gabbison, J.

On November 9th, 1893, the plaintiff to an action in contract against joint defendants suggested upon the record the death of one of the defendants and obtained from the court leave to amend his declaration accordingly; he also obtained a rule against the surviving defendant to plead to the amended declaration within thirty days after the