Carpenter v. Thompson
Superior Court of New Hampshire
This was a writ of entry, in which the demandant counted upon his own seisin of a tract of land in Swanzey, and upon a disseisin by the tenant.
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This was a writ of entry, in which the demandant counted upon his own seisin of a tract of land in Swanzey, and upon a disseisin by the tenant. The cause was tried here at October terra, 1824, upon the general issue, when it was admitted, that the tenant was once seized of the demanded premises ; and it appeared that being so seized, he, by deed on the 20th March, 1813, conveyed the same to one Jonathan Hammond, who, by his will, which has been duly proved and allowed as the law requires, devised the same to the demandant. On the part of the tenant, it appeared, that the said Jonathan…
1Opinion of the Court
Richardson, G. J.
delivered the opinion of the court.
The counsel for the demandant in this case has contended, that the tenant is estopped by the lease, which he took *f *208the land on the 22d March, 1822, from Hammond, 10 clam, the land. If the term created by that lease were still sub sisting, this objection might deserve consideration. But that term was only for a year, which expired on the 22d March, 1823, and it seems to be well settled, that in these cases the estoppel, so far as relates to the reversion, expires with the term.
Lord Coke says, £i if a man take a lease for years of his “ own…
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