¶1 The administrator has no interest in the case, and is not a proper party. The bill may be amended by substituting in his place as plaintiff any one of the defendants, and thereupon there will be a
¶2 Decree for the plaintiff.
64 N.H. 97
7 A 115
Smith v. Hadley
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Decided June 5, 1886
Supreme Court of New Hampshire · decided 1886-06-05
Bill in Equity, for leave to sell certain lands. The parties agree that the lands were devised by Nathan Holt (of whose estate the plaintiff is now administrator) to Mabel Holt, one of the defendants, if she lives to the age of twenty-one years, but if she dies before arriving at that age, then to the other defendants ; that they are rapidly depreciating in value, and by the time Mabel — now nine years old — reaches the age of twenty-one, will be of comparatively little…
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Decided 1886-06-05
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