Cofran v. Cockran
Superior Court of New Hampshire
This was a writ of entry, brought to recover a tract of land in Allenstown. The action was commenced on the 10th December, 1828, and was tried upon the general issue, at September term, 1830. The demandant introduced evidence, tending to prove that Thomas W. Thompson was seized in fee of the demanded premises.
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This was a writ of entry, brought to recover a tract of land in Allenstown. The action was commenced on the 10th December, 1828, and was tried upon the general issue, at September term, 1830. The demandant introduced evidence, tending to prove that Thomas W. Thompson was seized in fee of the demanded premises. He then produced the will of the said Thompson, which was duly proved and allowed, on the 3d January, 1822, by which the demanded premises were devised to the town of Candia in fee. He then offered in evidence a deed as follows :— “ Know all men by these presents, that we, Daniel Fitts,…
1Opinion of the CourtRichaRdson, C. J.
It is said, on the part of the tenant, in this case, that tbe deed of the 11th October, 1825, in the name of the committee, was not, in law, sufficient to pass to the de-mandant the title of the town of Candia. To this it is answered in the first place, that the deed in the name of the town, was a confirmation of the deed in the name of the committee, and made it sufficient from the beginning. If the defect in the deed, in the name of the committee, had been only that the committee wanted authority from the town to convey, the deed in the name of the town confirming the other deed might…
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