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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

Wells Fargo Bank v. Schultz, 164 N.H. 608 (2013)

Citation
Wells Fargo Bank v. Schultz, 164 N.H. 608 (2013)
Parent Document
Wells Fargo Bank v. Schultz, 164 N.H. 608 (2013)
Jurisdiction
New Hampshire (state)
Effective Date
2013-02-25

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In New Hampshire, the district division lacks jurisdiction to adjudicate issues of “title of real estate.” RSA 502-A14,1. Thus, although “[t]he district [division] has the authority to adjudicate possessory actions,” Bank of N.Y. Mellon v. Cataldo, 161 N.H. 135, 139 (2010), issues of title must be resolved in superior court, see Kevlik, 161 N.H. at 803. In a possessory action in the district division, “the defendant shall not offer evidence which may bring the title to the demanded premises in question.” RSA 540:16 (2007). Rather,