Hall v. Woodman
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Writ of entry, by Daniel Hall against J. L. Woodman, for a tract of land in Manchester, dated March 30, 1866, served April 7, 1866. Plea, nul disseizin, and a brief statement in the nature of a a plea of betterments.
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Writ of entry, by Daniel Hall against J. L. Woodman, for a tract of land in Manchester, dated March 30, 1866, served April 7, 1866. Plea, nul disseizin, and a brief statement in the nature of a a plea of betterments. In 1823, Isaac Farmer bought lot six of the seven, ten acre lots, so called, which he sold by quitclaim deed to Josiah I. Hall and Joseph B. Hall, Jr., March twenty-sixth, 1835. April first, 1837, Joseph B. Hall, Jr., conveyed to his father, Joseph B. Hall, one undivided fourth part of the same lot. Joseph B. Hall, Jr., died in February, 1840, over the age of twenty-one years and…
1Opinion of the CourtSargent, J.
Farmer bought this whole lot in 1823. In 1835 he sold it to Josiah I. Hall and Joseph B. Hall, Jr. In 1837, Joseph B. Hall, Jr., conveyed to his father, Joseph B. Hall, one undivided fourth part of the whole lot, and said Joseph B. Hall, Jr., died in 1840, being over twenty-one years of age and unmarried. This left his father, who was then living, his sole heir, who took his estate and held it for many years, and was also administrator on his son’s estate.
This vested in Joseph B. Hall, at least for the time being, one undivided half of the estate ; the fourth part which he held by deed from…
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