Ticknor v. Harris
Superior Court of New Hampshire
Covenant. The defendants were Thomas J. Harris and Jedediah H. Harris, sons of John Harris, deceased ; Elizabeth Harris, his widow; Levi Sargent, and Rosamond, his wife, who was a daughter of said John; George Chapman, and Elizabeth, his wife, who was a grand-daughter of said John ; Elizabeth Harris, a grand-daughter; and John W. Harris, Sidney Harris, Tracy H. Harris, and John Harris Sargent, grand-sons of said John.
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Covenant. The defendants were Thomas J. Harris and Jedediah H. Harris, sons of John Harris, deceased ; Elizabeth Harris, his widow; Levi Sargent, and Rosamond, his wife, who was a daughter of said John; George Chapman, and Elizabeth, his wife, who was a grand-daughter of said John ; Elizabeth Harris, a grand-daughter; and John W. Harris, Sidney Harris, Tracy H. Harris, and John Harris Sargent, grand-sons of said John. The declaration alleged that said Thomas J. Harris and said John Harris, deceased, on the 23d of June, A. D. 1837, by their writing obligatory, covenanted and agreed to and with…
1Opinion of the CourtParker, C. J.
The plaintiffs rely upon the statute of July 2, 1822, providing that the estate of every person dying testate shall stand chargeable, among other things, with the just debts which be owed, in the same manner in which intestate estates are charged. 1 N. H. Laws 357. Another statute of the same date, relative to the descent and distribution of intestate estates, enacts that they shall stand chargeable with the just expenses of the administration, &c., the just debts which the deceased owed, and with the support of the infant children until they arrive at the age of seven years, and that the…
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