Court Opinion

ID: 9645729
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 21:33:40.532788+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:13:53.100233
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Bois, J.,
dissenting: I respectfully disagree with the majority in this case and with the public trust theory expounded in Silva v. Botsch, 121 N.H. 1041, 1043-44, 437 A.2d 313, 315-15 (1981).
In conformity with the general rule that each party to litigation must bear his own attorney’s fees, I would limit recovery of attorney’s fees to instances authorized by the legislature and to other judicially created exceptions. See, e.g., Harkeem v. Adams, 117 N.H. 687, 377 A.2d 617 (1977).