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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

Richard Horton & a. v. David Clemens & a. (2020)

Citation
Richard Horton & a. v. David Clemens & a. (2020)
Parent Document
Richard Horton & a. v. David Clemens & a. (2020)
Jurisdiction
New Hampshire (state)
Effective Date
2020-08-11

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On appeal, the landlords argue that the trial court erred by dismissing
their action because the eviction notice need not have included the same
information as is in the quoted paragraph from the judicial branch form.
According to the landlords, the information in the quoted paragraph “is outside
the scope of any language necessitated by law and beyond the scope of the
Circuit Court’s authority to create forms that comply with existing law.” The
landlords assert that the quoted paragraph “essentially functions to provide
tenants with unsolicited legal advice,” and “disrupts the careful statutory
balance and the self-help provisions of RSA [chapter] 540 by informing the
tenants that they are under no obligation to vacate the premises.”
Alternatively, the landlords contend that even if the information from the