Maxfield v. White River Lumber Co.
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Trespass, for breaking and entering the plaintiff’s close situated in the town of Goshen. Trial by the court and verdict for the defendants. Transferred from the May term, 1906, of the superior court by Wallace, C. J.
1Opinion of the CourtBingham, J.
This is an action of trespass quare clausum fregit. The plaintiff’s claim of title rests upon a collector’s deed for the tax assessed upon the land for the year 1894, and upon his entry into the possession of the land under his deed in 1896. The defendants’ claim of ownership is based upon the following facts: Franklin Pierce owned the land in 1863. In December of that year he conveyed it to one Clark, upon trust to hold, manage, and improve the same and pay nine fiftieths of the income to Andrew Pierce, Jr., three fiftieths to Thomas W. Pierce, three fiftieths to George Bacon, and the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Cushing v. MillerSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1883
- Bell v. PeabodySupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1884
- Tilton v. StanyanSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1876
- Newcastle v. HaywoodSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1894
3Cited by4 opinions
- Glynn v. MaxfieldSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1910
- Cheever v. RobertsSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1926
- Merrill v. Publishers Paper Co.Supreme Court of New Hampshire · 1914
- Goodwin v. BuelducSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1910