Legal Opinion

Elsher v. Hughes

Supreme Court of New Hampshire

Decided June 5, 1881PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Trespass, qu. el. Verdict for the plaintiff.

1Opinion of the CourtDoe, C. J.

The plaintiff is entitled to damages for the defendant’s use and occupation of the plaintiff’s store. The measure of -damages given to the jury was the same as would have been given in assumpsit. Whether, upon the evidence in the case, the value of the occupation should be recovered in trespass or assumpsit, is .an unnecessary question. Merrill v. Perkins, 59 N. H. 343. When the plaintiff amends the declaration by adding a common count in assumpsit, there will be

Judgment on the verdict.

Blodgett, J., did not sit: the others concurred.

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Merrill v. PerkinsSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1879

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Owen v. WestonSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1885
  2. Sanborn v. Boston & Maine RailroadSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1911
  3. Cocheco Aqueduct Ass'n v. Boston & Maine R. R.Supreme Court of New Hampshire · 1882
  4. Merrill v. WoodburySupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1881