Whitehouse v. Bickford
Superior Court of New Hampshire
Trespass quare clausum. The writ was dated March 13, 1852. The locus in quo was described as “ a remnant or gore, containing sixty-nine acres, more or less, lying in the northeasterly division of Tuftonborough, and on the line dividing the same from the town of Ossipee.”
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Trespass quare clausum. The writ was dated March 13, 1852. The locus in quo was described as “ a remnant or gore, containing sixty-nine acres, more or less, lying in the northeasterly division of Tuftonborough, and on the line dividing the same from the town of Ossipee.” The plea was the general issue, accompanied by a brief statement, setting forth that the cutting was done on No. 11 of the hundred-acre lots in Ossipee, to which the defendant had good right, claiming under one Merrill Cram. It appeared in evidence that the plaintiff was the owner of the gore in Tuftonborough, as set forth in…
1Opinion of the Court
Woods, X
The facts found and reported in the case leave nothing for determination but the locality of the true line between the towns of Tuftonborough and Ossipee. That question, when determined, will fully settle the rights <of these parties. And that fact is found, to a very considerable extent, by the case. The true line dividing those towns runs from a corner of the town of Wolfborough to a corner of the town of Moultonborough. Its true locality is found, and not in dispute, for a considerable distance from the corner of Wolfborough, which is found to be a straight line in the direction of…
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- Clark v. WetheyNew York Supreme Court · 1838
- Woods v. BanksSuperior Court of New Hampshire · 1843
- Gray v. BerrySuperior Court of New Hampshire · 1838
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