Free v. Buckingham
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
From Coos Circuit Court. Bile in Equity. The substance of the bill, so far as the present case is concerned, was as follows: That the plaintiff, John W. Free, in April, 1867, was the owner of the township of Dixville in the county of Coos; that he had employed the defendant, Buckingham, as his agent to take care of his property there, and to negotiate sales under special instructions ; that the agent, in violation of his authority, sold and conveyed, as the pretended…
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From Coos Circuit Court. Bile in Equity. The substance of the bill, so far as the present case is concerned, was as follows: That the plaintiff, John W. Free, in April, 1867, was the owner of the township of Dixville in the county of Coos; that he had employed the defendant, Buckingham, as his agent to take care of his property there, and to negotiate sales under special instructions ; that the agent, in violation of his authority, sold and conveyed, as the pretended attorney of the plaintiff, large portions of the land to the defendants Young and Shorey, separately ; that afterwards the…
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The bill alleges that on October 15, 1866, John W. Free was the owner of a tract of land, being the township of Dixville in the county Coos; that he appointed the defendant Buckingham his agent, to dispose of the land in accordance with certain instructions and made deeds to Buckingham; that Buckingham violated his instructions, and acted fraudulently in the disposition of the land; that he fraudulently deeded a large portion of the land to the defendant Shorey, on March 2, 1868, and to the defendant Young, on December 17, 1868; that Young deeded to the defendants Weeks and Bailey; that…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Boyd & Suydam v. Hoyt & ParselNew York Court of Chancery · 1835
- Fellows v. FellowsCourt for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors · 1825
- Dix v. BriggsNew York Court of Chancery · 1842
- Abbot v. JohnsonSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1855
- Chase v. SearlesSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1864
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