5 A. 836 | N.H. | 1886
This is a bill in equity to remove a cloud upon the title to real estate within the jurisdiction of the court. It is in the nature of a proceeding in rem and local in its character, and the court has jurisdiction of the subject-matter of the controversy. Actions for the recovery of real property, or for the determination of an interest therein, are local, and conflicting titles and rights to the possession of lands must ordinarily be determined by the courts of the state wherein the lands lie; and whether the relief is sought at common law or in chancery, the rule of jurisdiction equally applies. Sedg. Wait, Title to Land, s. 465. When the *152
cause of action can only arise in a particular place or county, it is local. Worster v. Lake Co.,
Exceptions overruled.
BLODGETT and CARPENTER, JJ., did not sit: the others concurred.