2 N.H. 303
Superior Court of New Hampshire
Decided November 15, 1820
Superior Court of New Hampshire · decided 1820-11-15
In a conveyance of land, when the deed refers to monuments actually erected by the parties as the boundaries thereof, the land will pass according to the monuments, however the distance between, them may be mistaken in the deed. This was an actiou_of covenant broken.
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Decided 1820-11-15
Cited by 7 later decisions — most recently December 1982
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¶1Whenever in a conveyance of land the deed refers to monuments actually erected as the boundaries of the land, it is well settled that those monuments must prevail, whatever mistakes the deed may contain as to the distances between the monuments. In this case we entertain no doubt that the direction to the jury was correct, and that there must be
¶2Judgment on the verdict.