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Benton v. Collins
67 N.H. 498
| N.H. | 1893
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The declaration alleges seizin in the plaintiffs as administrators of the estate of the deceased, and disseizin by the defendants. These facts are admitted by the demurrer. If the plaintiffs are entitled to judgment upon any state of facts provable under it, the demurrer must be overruled. Nashua Iron Steel Co. v. Railroad, 62 N.H. 159, 161. An administrator can maintain a writ of entry to foreclose a mortgage (Bickford v. Daniels,2 N.H. 71), and, if the estate is insolvent, to recover the possession of lands belonging to the estate. P. S., c. 191, s. 15; Goodwin v. Milton,25 N.H. 458, 473, 474; Bergin v. McFarland, 26 N.H. 533, 536, 537; Lane v. Thompson, 43 N.H. 320, 325, 327, 328; Carter v. Jackson, 56 N.H. 364, 373, *Page 499 374. In each case a declaration in common form is sufficient. Bickford v. Daniels, 2 N.H. 71; Briggs v. Sholes, 14 N.H. 262; McDaniel v. Cater,21 N.H. 227, 228; Aiken v. Gale, 37 N.H. 501, 507.

If the action is not brought to foreclose a mortgage, the averment that the plaintiffs were seized of the land in question in their capacity as administrators is in legal effect an allegation that the estate is insolvent, or administered as such, and, to entitle them to recover, it must be proved.

Exception overruled.

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

Case Details

Case Name: Benton v. Collins
Court Name: Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Date Published: Jun 5, 1893
Citation: 67 N.H. 498
Court Abbreviation: N.H.
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