Brooks v. Toperzer

The issue in this land dispute case is whether the Trial Court {Bean, J.) erred when it approved a master’s recommendation to quiet the defendant’s title to certain property located in Hancock, New Hampshire. We find no error.

Prior to 1943 or 1944, Maro Brooks, father of the plaintiff, owned land in Hancock, known as the Pearson Pasture, which abutted land which the defendant owned. After 1944, the property in question was taxed to the defendant and/or her husband, Waldemar Stahl. The defendant claims ownership of the Pearson Pasture land under an alleged 1943 or 1944 deed to her and her…