Kidder v. Flanders
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Bill in Equity, for an injunction. Facts found, and case transferred from the January term, 1905, of the superior court, by Chamberlin, J., without a ruling.
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Bill in Equity, for an injunction. Facts found, and case transferred from the January term, 1905, of the superior court, by Chamberlin, J., without a ruling. March 15, 1901, the defendant purchased of Whipple, and paid for, tlie growth upon a certain tract of land in Goffstown, and took a paper dated that day and signed by him, of which the following is a copy: “Received of Frank Flanders $45 in payment for the growth on the land situated upon the east side of Harry brook, beginning at northwesterly corner at stake and stones, thence easterly forty rods by Sargent heirs’ land to stake and…
1Opinion of the CourtChase, J.
Whipple’s receipt to the defendant stated the parties to the contract, the price paid for the “ growth,” and a particular description of the land upon which it stood, and was signed by the party to be charged with the making of a proper conveyance. ’ The minds of the parties did not meet with reference to the time when the growth should be cut and removed from the lot. The receipt is not incomplete in respect to this matter, but fully states the contract actually made. It is a sufficient memorandum within the statute of frauds to constitute a valid contract for the conveyance of the interest…
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