Bailey v. March
Superior Court of New Hampshire
: This was a writ of entry, upon which the demandant counted upon bis own seisin of" a tract of Sand in Eaton, and upon a disseisin ,by the tenant.
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: This was a writ of entry, upon which the demandant counted upon bis own seisin of" a tract of Sand in Eaton, and upon a disseisin ,by the tenant. The original writ in the cause was tested July 20, 1821. The cause was tried here, upon fie general issue, at September term, 1824, when the demandant shewed in evidence, that one Joseph Ham, haring been in possession of the demanded premises for several years, by deed, dated July 6, 1796, conveyed the same to Giles Richards, who, on the 4th January, 1803, by deed, conveyed the same premises to Samuel Morey ; that Morey, on the 14th June, 1809,…
1Opinion of the Court
By the court.
When this case was formerly before us, it appeared, that the demandant had a paper title ; but it did not appear, that he, or those under whom he claimed, had ever been in the actual possession of the land. We u ere of opinion, that, under those circumstances, the seisin of the demandant might be disproved by shewing a title in a stranger. 2 N. H. Rep. 522.
The case now presented for our decision is essentially different from the former case. It now appears, that the demandant has had the actual possession of the land. At least, he has a conveyance from one, who was in the actual…
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- Bailey v. MarchSuperior Court of New Hampshire · 1823
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