Beckman v. Hampton
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Trespass, for breaking and entering tbe plaintiff’s close and destroying his buildings. Plea of soil and freehold as to the portion of the locus described as White’s Rocks, and the general issue as to* the remainder. Trial by jury. Verdict for the plaintiff as to that: part of the locus described in the plea of soil and freehold, and not. guilty as to the remainder.
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Trespass, for breaking and entering tbe plaintiff’s close and destroying his buildings. Plea of soil and freehold as to the portion of the locus described as White’s Rocks, and the general issue as to* the remainder. Trial by jury. Verdict for the plaintiff as to that: part of the locus described in the plea of soil and freehold, and not. guilty as to the remainder. Transferred from the October term,, 1905, of the superior court by Stone, J. The location of the land was in dispute. The defendants; claimed that it was in Hampton and had never been granted by the town to any individual, and…
1Opinion of the CourtBingham, J.
The contention of the defendants is that the remarks of counsel for the plaintiff in his closing argument were not warranted by the evidence and were prejudicial. If the remarks complained of contained statements of fact not supported by the evidence, they were not relevant to any issue of fact tried in the case nor of a character to prejudice the jury against the defendants. In fact, they had no bearing upon the case except so far as they tended to support the conclusions of law sought to be drawn by the plaintiff’s counsel, that the lands embraced within the limits of the town of Hampton…
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- Parsons v. WentworthSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1904
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