Massachusetts Bonding & Ins. Co. v. Nudd
| Decision Date | 04 October 1960 |
| Citation | 164 A.2d 242,103 N.H. 1 |
| Parties | MASSACHUSETTS BONDING AND INSURANCE COMPANY v. Christine G. NUDD. |
| Court | New Hampshire Supreme Court |
Russell H. McGuirk, New Market and Robert Shaw, Exeter, for plaintiff.
Broderick, Manning & Sullivan, Manchester, M. A. Broderick, Manchester, orally, for defendant.
'As a general rule, notice and an opportunity to be heard are basic essentials of a judicial proceeding.' DiPietro v. Lavigne, 98 N.H. 294, 295, 99 A.2d 413, 414. Also Lewellyn v. Follansbee, 94 N.H. 111, 114, 47 A.2d 572, 573. However the application of these well known principles to a particular set of facts often presents difficulties as is the case here.
It is admitted that a copy of the writ by which the instant action was instituted was served on the defendant on September 27, 1957 in accordance with the requirements of RSA ch. 510. However it has been alleged by the defendant in her affidavit of defense filed with her motion to strike off her default that the copy of the writ served on her contained neither specifications nor a special declaration. She further alleges that when the original writ was entered in court there was attached thereto and made a part thereof a special declaration containing a plea of case based on an agreement between the parties relative to the posting of a bond by the plaintiff for her in the conservatorship of her brother Charles. This writ contained the usual return by the sheriff that he had summoned the defendant by giving her in hand a true and attested copy thereof. RSA 510:2. We find no denial by the plaintiff of these allegations in the record before us.
Rule 17 of the Superior Court (99 N.H. 609, 610) provides that in actions upon special declaration 'where the writ does not contain a special declaration at the time of service, such writs will not be accepted for entry unless a motion to amend, containing the special declaration, accompanies the writ with a return of plaintiff's attorney that a copy of the motion has been mailed or delivered to defendant or counsel for defendant.' The record discloses no such motion but does contain the letter written on September 27, 1957, by plaintiff's counsel to the attorney for the defendant bearing the same date as that of the writ which conveyed the following information.
Defendant herself received notice that an action was being instituted against her by the...
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