Burleigh v. Coffin
Superior Court of New Hampshire
Appeal, by the administrator from the decree of the Judge of Probate, accepting the report of the commissioner on the estate of Sarah Burleigh, wife of the plaintiff, whereby a portion of the claim of the plaintiff was allowed.
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Appeal, by the administrator from the decree of the Judge of Probate, accepting the report of the commissioner on the estate of Sarah Burleigh, wife of the plaintiff, whereby a portion of the claim of the plaintiff was allowed. Upon an appeal being taken, and notice thereby given, according to statute, the plaintiff, Daniel Burleigh, represented to the Judge of Probate that he had been notified “by Jonathan Coffin of Alton, administrator of the goods and estate which were of Sarah Burleigh, wife of Daniel Burleigh aforesaid,” that he had filed his petition claiming an appeal from the decision…
1Opinion of the CourtEastman, J.
By examining the declaration in this case, it will be seen, that the claim of the plaintiff is against the estate of his wife to an amount exceeding a thousand dollars. Four hundred dollars of this sum is alleged to be the consideration of a deed of certain lands from the plaintiff to his wife, Sarah Burleigh, given to her before marriage;. which sum was never paid, but was due a^ the time of their intermarriage. And the rest of the claim is for labor and services performed, and improvements made upon the real estate of the wife during coverture, extending' over a period of twenty years; and…
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- Griswold v. PennimanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1818
- Stewart v. StewartNew York Court of Chancery · 1823
- Morse v. ShattuckSuperior Court of New Hampshire · 1827
- Campbell v. WallaceSuperior Court of New Hampshire · 1841