Case Name: City of Manchester v. Ronald Lawton & a.
Court: New Hampshire Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: New Hampshire
Decision Date: 1978-02-06
Citations: 118 N.H. 89
Docket Number: No. 78-030
Parties: City of Manchester v. Ronald Lawton & a.
Judges: 
Reporter: New Hampshire Reports
Volume: 118
Pages: 89–90

Head Matter:
Hillsborough
No. 78-030
City of Manchester v. Ronald Lawton & a.
February 6, 1978
James A. Manning, of Manchester, by brief and orally for the plaintiff.
Cullity & Kelley, of Manchester (George W. Boussos orally), for the defendant.

Opinion:
The city's petition to abate a nuisance, RSA 47:17 XIY, alleged to have been created by a fire-damaged building was dismissed by the Superior Court (DiClerico, J.) this date on motion on the ground that RSA 155-B.-2 (Supp. 1975) deprived the superior court of its equity jurisdiction over the subject matter-. RSA 498:1. Because of the urgency of the matter, we expedited oral argument and rule that the remedy provided by RSA 155-B:2 (Supp. 1975) provides a supplemental remedy and does not deprive the superior court of its general equity powers. RSA 155-B:14 (Supp. 1975).
The motion to dismiss should not therefore have been granted.
Exceptions sustained; remanded.