ABBOTT v. ABBOTT, 77 N.H. 601 (1915)

93 A. 460

ELLEN S. ABBOTT v. ISABEL F. ABBOTT.

Supreme Court of New Hampshire Merrimack.
Decided February 2, 1915.

PETITION FOR PARTITION. At the April term, 1914, of the superior court, the plaintiff’s motion that the answer to the petition be disallowed was denied by Branch, J., subject to exception.

Joseph S. Matthews (by brief and orally), for the plaintiff.

George V. Hill (by brief and orally), for the defendant.

Per Curiam.

It was conceded at the argument that there was no legal objection to a physical partition of the premises. Whether the premises can be so divided is a question of fact for the trial court. Laws 1913, c. 21, s. 3. As there appears to be little, if any, doubt

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that in fact such division can be made without great prejudice or inconvenience, ordinary convenience in procedure requires the determination of that question before discussion of the proposition whether upon the facts stated a sale of the whole can be ordered.

Case discharged.