Tifft v. Walker
Superior Court of New Hampshire
WRIT of entry, to recover a farm in Campton. The defendant pleaded non tenure and disclaimed as to all the premises demanded, except one acre and one hundred and thirty square rods, described thus: “beginning at the south-west corner of the tract set off on execution, Peter Walker vs. John H. Tifft ; thence south, three degrees west, eight rods, to a stake and stones; thence east, three degrees south, to the house, and through the centre of the chimney to the centre of the…
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WRIT of entry, to recover a farm in Campton. The defendant pleaded non tenure and disclaimed as to all the premises demanded, except one acre and one hundred and thirty square rods, described thus: “beginning at the south-west corner of the tract set off on execution, Peter Walker vs. John H. Tifft ; thence south, three degrees west, eight rods, to a stake and stones; thence east, three degrees south, to the house, and through the centre of the chimney to the centre of the chamber stairs; thence south, three degrees west, down the centre of said stairs, and through the centre of the front…
1Opinion of the CourtParker, C. J.
It appears in this case, from the admissions of the plaintiff, made in a disclosure taken in another suit, that previous to the 20th of October, 1834, he held several notes against his brother, John H. TifFt, and that John had requested the plaintiff to loan him more money, which the plaintiff declined doing without security; whereupon John proposed to give him a mortgage of his farm — that the plaintiff preferred an absolute deed — and that it was agreed that the plaintiff should let John have money enough to make up the sum of five hundred dollars, take a deed of his farm, and give an…
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- Smith v. LowellSuperior Court of New Hampshire · 1832
- Winkley v. HillSuperior Court of New Hampshire · 1837
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- Smith v. SmithSuperior Court of New Hampshire · 1841