Upon the application of either party, a jury trial shall be directed to try the validity of a claim made to the affected lands, or to settle the facts, or any specified portion of the facts upon which the same depends. The trial may be held in and before a jury of a county other than that in which the lands involved are situate, whenever it is so ordered by the order directing such trial or by any other order made by the court in the cause.
N.J.S. § 2A:62-4