Woodman v. Lane
Superior Court of New Hampshire
This was a writ of entry, brought to recover a tract of land in Sandbornton, being part of a tract of land which Benjamin Steele conveyed to Robert Steele, by deed recorded in the register’s office, lib. 46, folio 229. The cause was tried upon the general issue, at January term, 1834, when it appeared in evidence that on the 19th February, 1827, Robert Steele by deed conveyed to the de-mandant. in fee and in mortgage, a tract of land described in the deed as follows : “ My…
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This was a writ of entry, brought to recover a tract of land in Sandbornton, being part of a tract of land which Benjamin Steele conveyed to Robert Steele, by deed recorded in the register’s office, lib. 46, folio 229. The cause was tried upon the general issue, at January term, 1834, when it appeared in evidence that on the 19th February, 1827, Robert Steele by deed conveyed to the de-mandant. in fee and in mortgage, a tract of land described in the deed as follows : “ My homestead farm in Sandborn- • ton, and is the same land which toas conveyed to me by the ‘ deeds of one George Whittier…
1Opinion of the CourtRichardson, C. J.
The, first question to be decided in this case, is, whether the deed of mortgage conveyed to the demandant the premises he claims to recover in this suit.
The deed purports to convey to the demandant the homestead farm, which is stated to be the land conveyed to the grantor by three deeds, which are particularly described : and the land described in the three deeds is stated to be all in lot No. 24 ; a reference is made to the three deeds for a particular description of it, and the same is declared to be the homestead farm.
It is rather difficult to conceive how this description can be…
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