Greeley v. Beckman
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Bill in Equity, to remove from the title of a parcel of land in Seabrook a cloud created by a tax deed dated September 14, 1908. Facts found, and case transferred without ruling from the April term, 1909, of the superior court, by Wallace, C. J. The land was originally owned by Cynthia Greeley.
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Bill in Equity, to remove from the title of a parcel of land in Seabrook a cloud created by a tax deed dated September 14, 1908. Facts found, and case transferred without ruling from the April term, 1909, of the superior court, by Wallace, C. J. The land was originally owned by Cynthia Greeley. In 1905, when the tax was assessed, it was owned by John I). Greeley, Abby S. Morrill, and Edwin L. Duckworth, the plaintiffs and heirs of Cynthia, to whom it now belongs unless Sally A. Beckman, one of the defendants, owns it by virtue of the tax deed. The tax title is valid except as it may appear to…
1Opinion of the CourtBingham, J.
When the tax was assessed in 1905, one Dow was living upon the land. He was not occupying it as owner, but as tenant of the owners, and it could have been taxed to him in his name with his consent. P. S., c. 56, s. 14; Bowles v. Clough, 55 N. H. 389, 390, 391; Perley v. Stanley, 59 N. H. 587, 588; Perham v. Fibre Co., 64 N. H. 2, 3. It is not found that he consented to be taxed for it, and it was not taxed to him. The inference is that he did not consent. Mowry v. Blandin, 64 N. H. 3, 5.
John D. Greeley, one of the plaintiffs, was an inhabitant and resident of Seabrook. The two other…
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- Bowles v. CloughSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1875
- Eastman v. ThayerSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1880
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- Perham v. Haverhill Fibre Co.Supreme Court of New Hampshire · 1885
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