Jenne v. Harrisville

63 N.H. 405

• Court: Supreme Court of New Hampshire
• Decided: June 5, 1885
• Status: Published

Opinion

Doe, C. J.

Foreign unwritten law, including the prevailing construction of a foreign statute, may be proved by competent witnesses, and is a matter of fact determinable at the trial term. Leach v. Pillsbury, 15 N. H. 137; Beach v. Workman, 20 N. H. 379; Watson v. Walker, 23 N. H. 471; Pickard v. Bailey, 26 N. H. 152 ; Holton v. Gleason, 26 N. H. 501; Emery v. Berry, 28 N. H. 485; Taylor v. Barron, 30 N. H. 100 ; Ferguson v. Clifford, 37 N. H. 87; Kennard v. Kennard [ante 303, 308] ; Dyer v. Smith, 12 Conn. 384; Holman v. King, 7 Met. 384; Kline v. Baker, 99 Mass. 253; 1 Gr. Ev., ss. 486, 488; Sto. Conf. Laws, ss. 637-639

Case discharged.

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