State v. Canterbury
Superior Court of New Hampshire
An information against the town of Canterbury, for neglect to build part of a bridge, was as follows: STATE OE NEW HAMPSHIRE. MERRIMACK, SS.
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An information against the town of Canterbury, for neglect to build part of a bridge, was as follows: STATE OE NEW HAMPSHIRE. MERRIMACK, SS. Court of Common Pleas, in vacation after October term, A. D. 1851. Be it remembered that John H. George, solicitor for the county of Merrimack aforesaid, being before the court, gives the said court to understand and be informed that on, &c., (Jan. 1, 1852,) there was, ever since has been, and still is, a new public highway in the towns of Canterbury and Boscawen, in said county, duly laid out and established by law, as follows, that is to say: —…
1Opinion of the CourtBell, J.
As to the question relative to the west boundary of Canterbury and the east boundary of Boscawen, the point is whether those towns extend to the centre of the river or only to the banks. It is not understood to be contested that the general principle is, that in the construction of deeds, lands bounded by a river or stream not navigable, extend to the centre of the river; 2 N. H. Rep. 369; 9 N. H. Rep. 461; 11 N. H. Rep. 530; nor that the construction is still the same, if land is described as bounding at a stake or tree upon the bank, thence up or down, or on, or by the river to another…
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- Proprietors of Claremont v. CarltonSuperior Court of New Hampshire · 1821
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