Southerin v. Mendum
Superior Court of New Hampshire
This was a writ of entry, in which the demandants counted upon- their own seizin of a tract of land in Portsmouth, and upon a disseizin by the tenant, and was tried here, upon the general issue, at January term, 1831, and a verdict returned in favor of the demandants.
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This was a writ of entry, in which the demandants counted upon- their own seizin of a tract of land in Portsmouth, and upon a disseizin by the tenant, and was tried here, upon the general issue, at January term, 1831, and a verdict returned in favor of the demandants. It appeared that one B. R. Rolin, as attorney to Joseph May, on the 2d January, 1827, loaned to the tenant $350, and that the tenant delivered to Rolin his promissory rote for that sum, payable to Joseph May, or bearer, and that at the same time the said Rolin received from the tenant a deed conveying the demanded premises to…
1Opinion of the CourtRichardson, C. J.
The first question to be decided in this case is, whether the office copy of the power of attorney, was, under the circumstances, properly received in evidence ?
We have a statute which provides, “ that when any deed of bargain and sale, mortgage or other conveyance of lands, tenements, or hereditaments shall be made by virtue of any power of attorney, or instrument authorizing any person to execute such deed, or other conveyance, the said power or instrument being recorded in the office where the deed, made by virtue thereof, by law should be recorded, such power having been signed, sealed…
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