Forest v. Jackson
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
From Carroll Circuit Court. Trover, for one undivided half of three lots of pine logs, taken from certain premises in Madison, in this county, and converted by the defendant to his exclusive use in 1869, 1871, and 1873. Plea, the general issue.
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From Carroll Circuit Court. Trover, for one undivided half of three lots of pine logs, taken from certain premises in Madison, in this county, and converted by the defendant to his exclusive use in 1869, 1871, and 1873. Plea, the general issue. None of the plaintiffs have lived in Madison for the last twenty years, except Mr. and Mrs. Forrest; also Albion P. Richardson, who is now 31 years of age, and has not resided in Madison since he was 14 or 15 years of age, except one or two years about 1870. Robert A. Richardson is 37 years of age. He left home when he was 14 years of age, and has not…
1Opinion of the Court
FROM CARROLL CIRCUIT COURT. The plaintiffs' right to recover must depend upon the construction that is to be given to the deed from Isaac Davis to Phebe Richardson, dated December 14, 1844, recorded April 16, 1874, purporting to convey one undivided half of the premises from which the logs in dispute were taken. In this deed the grantor conveyed "to Phebe Richardson during her natural life, with the right of occupation and improvement to her husband, Philip Richardson, during the life of the said Phebe, and at her decease to the heirs of her body, to their heirs and assigns forever in the…
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