Hale v. Glidden
Superior Court of New Hampshire
Wkit of entry, in which the demandant claimed to recover a tract of land, sixty-nine acres, more or less, being part of Great Lot, numbered ten in the third range in Alton, which tract was specifically set forth, and described by metes and bounds, in the plaintiff’s writ. Plea, nul disseizin.
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Wkit of entry, in which the demandant claimed to recover a tract of land, sixty-nine acres, more or less, being part of Great Lot, numbered ten in the third range in Alton, which tract was specifically set forth, and described by metes and bounds, in the plaintiff’s writ. Plea, nul disseizin. In support of the action, the demand-ant proved that one John Moffatt was, on the first of August, 1770, the owner of said Great Lot number ten, containing eleven hundred acres, and the demandant shew title in himself through divers mesne conveyances from said Moffatt, of two thirds, in common and…
1Opinion of the CourtUpham, J.
In this case David Glidden, the grantor of the tenant, had originally the title to one hundred acres of land, part of Great Lot No. 10, containing 1100 acres. This tract of land is taken from Great Lot by starting at a given point within the same, 200 rods from the south-west corner of a lot conveyed on the same day to one Andrew Glidden ; thence running certain courses and distances, to include the one hundred acres.
It is said in the argument of the counsel, that it is impossible to fix at this day the precise point from which David Glidden was to run, to establish the comer of his lot. It…
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