Proprietors of Enfield v. Day
Superior Court of New Hampshire
Writ of entry, to recover a tract of land situated in Enfield. A diagram of the lines of Enfield and of the adjoining towns will be found in 5 N. H. Rep. 281, Enfield vs. Permit. The tenant originally pleaded mil disseizin.
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Writ of entry, to recover a tract of land situated in Enfield. A diagram of the lines of Enfield and of the adjoining towns will be found in 5 N. H. Rep. 281, Enfield vs. Permit. The tenant originally pleaded mil disseizin. Subsequently leave was granted to file a plea in bar of the further maintenance of the action, 11 that the proprietors of Grantham were, on the 20th day of August, 1834, seized of the demanded premises in their demesne as of fee, and by their deed of that date conveyed the same to the tenant.” The plaintiffs replied that the proprietors of Grantham were not seized, as was…
1Opinion of the Court
Upham, J.*
The first question to be settled in this case is, the extent of the charter to Grantham. The facts necessary to determine this question are clearly found in the case. It appears that the charter of Enfield was first granted, and that the proprietors of Enfield went on soon after the date of their grant, and ran out their township, and established a well-marked line as the south line of the town, conforming to the terms of its grant, ''south sixty-eight degrees east.''
Some years after the establishment of this line, Grantham was chartered. It is situated immediately south of Enfield,…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Green v. LiterSupreme Court of the United States · 1814
- Proprietors of Enfield v. PermitSuperior Court of New Hampshire · 1830
- Proprietors of Enfield v. PermitSuperior Court of New Hampshire · 1837
3Cited by2 opinions
- Marsh v. MarshallSuperior Court of New Hampshire · 1848
- Cunningham v. CurtisSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1876