Redington Hub Co. v. Putnam
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Bill in Equity, against Henry J. Putnam, administrator of the estate of Charles W. Redington, and certain heirs-at-law of Charles. The plaintiffs filed a general demurrer, and the questions of law arising thereon were transferred without ruling from the April term, 1911, of the superior court by Wallace, C. J. =
1Opinion of the CourtParsons., C. J.
The substance of the complaint set up in the bill, as explained in argument, is that the plaintiffs bought of the administrator certain personal property and paid him therefor; that by mutual mistake as to the number of the articles sold and purchased, by which the total sum to be paid was determined, the plaintiffs paid the administrator a much larger sum than was due according to the terms of the contract, — -that is, that the administrator received of the plaintiffs a large sum of money without con sideration. Upon the facts as claimed by the plaintiffs, the administrator obtained no title…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Kimball v. GilmanSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1880
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