Society for the Propagation of the Gospel v. Wheeler
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of New Hampshire
Entry sur disseisin. — In the writ, the de-mandants, describing themselves as “the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, a corporation duly constituted and established in England, in the dominions of the king of the United Kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland, the members of which society are aliens and subjects of said king.” demand of the tenants, who are all citizens of the state of New Hampshire, seisin of a tract of land in Westmore-land in said…
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Entry sur disseisin. — In the writ, the de-mandants, describing themselves as “the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, a corporation duly constituted and established in England, in the dominions of the king of the United Kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland, the members of which society are aliens and subjects of said king.” demand of the tenants, who are all citizens of the state of New Hampshire, seisin of a tract of land in Westmore-land in said district of New Hampshire, which they aver to exceed in value the sum of five hundred dollars; and they count upon their…
1Opinion of the Court
STORY, Circuit Justice.
This is a writ of entry sur disseisin, brought on the demand-ants’ own seisin, and a disseisin by the tenants within thirty years; the writ bears teste on the 22d December, 1807. The tenants, at May term, 1808, having pleaded a plea to the jurisdiction, which was overruled by the court, afterwards pleaded the general issue nul disseisin; and at the present October term of this court, a verdict was found for the de-mandants; and also the value of the improvements made by the tenants on the demanded premises, pursuant to the statute of New Hampshire of the 19th of June,…
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