Supreme Court of New Hampshire, 1879

Cole v. Laconia Savings-Bank

Cole v. Laconia Savings-Bank
Supreme Court of New Hampshire · Decided December 5, 1879 · Allen, Bingham
59 N.H. 321

Cole v. Laconia Savings-Bank

Opinion of the Court

Allen, J.

To entitle the claimant to a homestead, there must be a home established on the land claimed, or the land must be a part of that which constitutes the homestead, or connected with it by beneficial use. The case shows no home on the land, and the land is no part of a homestead, and is not connected with one by use, nor in any way appurtenant or incident to one. Mere intention cannot make a home.

Bill dismissed.

Bingham, J., did not sit: the others concurred.

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