58 N.H. 419
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Decided August 5, 1878
Supreme Court of New Hampshire · decided 1878-08-05
Declaration (upon c. 2, Laws of 1877) of the grounds of the plaintiff’s denial of the defendant’s homestead right. Facts found by a referee. The land was formerly the homestead of the defendant’s husband, owned by him, and occupied by them and their family. The defendant and her minor children left it Sept. 1, 1875. The plaintiff attached it Nov. 10,1875, in a suit brought by him against the husband.
Relies on Austin v. Stanley · Locke v. Rowell · Wiggin v. Buzzell
Decided 1878-08-05
¶1 The defendant is not entitled to a homestead. Austin v. Stanley, 46 N. H. 51; Wiggin v. Buzzell, 58 N. H. 329. In Locke v. Rowell, 47 N. H. 46, there had been an assignment to the plaintiff of a homestead, and her home continued to be there.
¶2 Judgment for the plaintiff.