Kenniston v. Hannaford
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Weit of entry, dated August 20,1872, for an undivided half of a strip of land eight inches wide and about one hundred and twenty feet long, extending easterly from Elm street to Church street, in Manchester.
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Weit of entry, dated August 20,1872, for an undivided half of a strip of land eight inches wide and about one hundred and twenty feet long, extending easterly from Elm street to Church street, in Manchester. The north line of the strip is described in the declaration as‘“ beginning on the north side of the wall, at the north-west corner of the Johnson block, so called, thence by the north side of said wall, at right angles with Elm street, to the north-east corner of said block.” Pleas, nul disseizin as to parcel of the demanded premises, north of a line commencing in the easterly line of Elm…
1Concurrence
If the doctrine be correctly stated in the cases of Elliot v. Heath, 6 N.H. 426, Flagg v. Bean, 25 N.H. 49, 65, Woodman v. Lane,7 N.H. 241, and Mills v. Pierce, 2 N.H. 11, that the same certainty required in the description of the premises in a conveyance of land will be sufficient in a writ of entry, it would follow that the north wall of Johnson's block would be a monument, and would control the given course, so that if the north line of Johnson's block is not at right angles with Elm street, it will still be the true boundary of the land demanded. The land demanded in the writ is just one…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Woodman v. LaneSuperior Court of New Hampshire · 1834
- Mills v. PeirceSuperior Court of New Hampshire · 1819
- Elliot v. HeathSuperior Court of New Hampshire · 1833
- Flagg v. BeanSuperior Court of New Hampshire · 1852