Flagg v. Bean
Superior Court of New Hampshire
Writ op Entity, in which Rufus Flagg “ demands against Levi Bean, possession of a certain tract of land, situate in Rochester, bounded southeasterly by land on which said Bean lived, and which he occupied on the second day of September last past, (1849,) and by a cove, northeasterly by the Cocheco river, westerly by said tract, owned and occupied as aforesaid by said Bean, and also bounded by land of James Boyle, land of Joseph D. Heard, and by the road leading from Norway…
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Writ op Entity, in which Rufus Flagg “ demands against Levi Bean, possession of a certain tract of land, situate in Rochester, bounded southeasterly by land on which said Bean lived, and which he occupied on the second day of September last past, (1849,) and by a cove, northeasterly by the Cocheco river, westerly by said tract, owned and occupied as aforesaid by said Bean, and also bounded by land of James Boyle, land of Joseph D. Heard, and by the road leading from Norway Plains village to Farmington village, said parcel of land being the same conveyed to the plaintiff by Silas D. Bryant, by…
1Opinion of the CourtBell, J.
The deed from Flagg to Bean described the premises conveyed as “ three certain pieces or parcels of land situate, &c., bounded S. E. by Bean's land and the cove, N. E. by Cochecho river, W. by Bean's land, land of Boyle and of Hurd, and the road;” and it then adds, “ meaning to convey all the land I purchased of S. JD. Bryant, L. Bean and A. Pinkham, referring to their deeds for particulars and again adding, “ meaning to convey all the land set forth in said deeds, and no more.” The plaintiff contended that this deed conveyed to Bean the land described in the three deeds referred to, while…
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