New-London v. Sutton
Superior Court of New Hampshire
A person, who has only a ri"ht m equity to re'íí^tn land in the town where he. dutdK cannot g,ain a set) kan cm in the town by paying o'1 t'oo taxes assessed, upon his poll and estate lor the term oi four years, unless his right in equity to redeem be o* the value ot $150. Assumpsit for the su] port of a pauper, alleged to have a settlement in Sutton.
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A person, who has only a ri"ht m equity to re'íí^tn land in the town where he. dutdK cannot g,ain a set) kan cm in the town by paying o'1 t'oo taxes assessed, upon his poll and estate lor the term oi four years, unless his right in equity to redeem be o* the value ot $150. Assumpsit for the su] port of a pauper, alleged to have a settlement in Sutton. The cause was tried here at April term, 1821, upon the general issue, when it appeared in evidence, that the pauper removed to Sutton in the year 1810 ; that he resided there until the year 1816, paying all taxes assessed upon his poll and…
1Opinion of the Court
By the court.
The statute of January 1, 1796, provides, that any person of twenty-one years of age and upwards, having real estate of the value of $150 in the town where he dwells, and for the term of four years paying all taxes assessed upon his poll and estate, shall thereby gain a settlement.^)
It has always been considered, that a right in equity to redeem land was real estate within the meaning of the statute above mentioned. 6 Mass. Rep. 50, Groton vs. Boxborough.—11 ditto 327, Conway vs. Deerfield.—Caldecot 230, Witherell vs. Hull.
But in this case the pauper’s right in equity to redeem…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Inhabitants of Groton v. Inhabitants of BoxboroughMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1809
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