Bunton v. Lyford
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Bill in Equity, 'against Stephen C. Lyford and John T. Coffin. The following facts appeared from the bill, answers and evidence: On the 17th of March, 1852, David A. Bunton, the complainant, William Bunton, Reuben B. Dunn and Joel Me-Gregory, claimed to be owners of certain undivided shares in lots numbered 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15, in the 13th range of lots in Carroll, Coos county, and on that day Stephen C. Lyford, the defendant, filed his petition in the Superior Court for…
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Bill in Equity, 'against Stephen C. Lyford and John T. Coffin. The following facts appeared from the bill, answers and evidence: On the 17th of March, 1852, David A. Bunton, the complainant, William Bunton, Reuben B. Dunn and Joel Me-Gregory, claimed to be owners of certain undivided shares in lots numbered 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15, in the 13th range of lots in Carroll, Coos county, and on that day Stephen C. Lyford, the defendant, filed his petition in the Superior Court for Coos county, alleging that he was seized of one eighth part in the same lots in common with persons unknown, and praying…
1Opinion of the CourtPerley, C. J.
The complainant does not seek to set aside the judgment for partition. In that he has had no interest since his conveyance to Dunn, on the 30th of April, 1853, more than three years before the judgment was rendered. He prays for an injunction against execution of the judgment for costs, and against the negotiation and collection of the note which he gave for the costs. There is no suggestion of any fraud , or misconduct in *514the defendant Lyford, nor of any collusion between him and the attorney who appeared for the complainant in the petition for partition; nor that the gentleman who appeared…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Jackson ex dem. Smith v. StewarthNew York Supreme Court · 1810
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