71 N.H. 180
51 A 905
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Decided December 3, 1901
Supreme Court of New Hampshire · decided 1901-12-03
Bill in Equity, alleging in substance that in 1896 the plaintiff conveyed to tbe defendant, her son, certain land in Holderness, by a deed in which she covenanted to stand seized of the land to her own use during her life and after her decease to the use-of the defendant and his heirs and assigns forever, upon the condition that if the defendant should refuse at her request to live with her on the premises conveyed, carry on the farm in a husbandlike manner, or to suitably…
Relies on Walker v. Walker · Rollins v. Riley · Bassett v. Brown
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Decided 1901-12-03
Cited by 7 later decisions — most recently June 1928
7 state decisions
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¶1 As the plaintiff has an adequate remedy at law ( Walker v. Walker, 63 N. H. 321; Bassett v. Brown, 61 N. H. 602; Rollins v. Riley, 44 N. H. 9), equity will not afford relief. But by a motion addressed to the superior court she may obviate this defect by filing an appropriate count at law as an amendment of the bill. Walker v. Walker, supra, 326; Until that is done the order must be
¶2 Exception sustained.