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DORR v. LEACH

Supreme Court of New Hampshire Carroll
Dec 1, 1876
58 N.H. 18 (N.H. 1876)

Opinion

Decided December, 1876.

A suit on a mortgage, made by the defendant to the plaintiff, cannot be contested by a third person admitted to defend it, who claims a superior title not derived from either of the parties, and who cannot be affected by a judgment in favor of either of them.

ENTRY, on a mortgage made by the defendant to the plaintiff. The defendant made no defence. One Plumer, who had been admitted to defend the action, offered to prove that he had a good title to the demanded premises, not derived from the plaintiff or the defendant, and that the defendant, having no title, could convey none to the plaintiff.

Hill, Weed, and Smith, for the plaintiff.

Lougee and Copeland, for Plumer.


Plumer ought not to have been admitted to defend. He has no interest in this suit. There is no way in which he will be prejudiced, or his rights affected, by the judgment. The evidence of his title was therefore irrelevant and inadmissible. Buckman v. Buckman, 4 N.H. 319; Blaisdell v. Ladd, 14 N.H. 129; Boscawen v. Canterbury, 23 N.H. 188; Pike v. Pike, 24 N.H. 381; Dunbar v. Starkey, 19 N.H. 160.

Motion denied.


Summaries of

DORR v. LEACH

Supreme Court of New Hampshire Carroll
Dec 1, 1876
58 N.H. 18 (N.H. 1876)
Case details for

DORR v. LEACH

Case Details

Full title:DORR v. LEACH

Court:Supreme Court of New Hampshire Carroll

Date published: Dec 1, 1876

Citations

58 N.H. 18 (N.H. 1876)

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