Court Opinion

ID: 9706846
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 01:53:05.498821+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:41:28.097846
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Kenison, C. J.,
dissenting: Every member of this court knows “ that municipal immunity is on the wane elsewhere, has been subjected to a barrage of criticism and has been abolished ...” in many jurisdictions by judicial decisions having prospective effect only. Hermer v. Dover, 106 N. H. 534, 536; Annot. 60 A.L.R. 2d 1198. Furthermore our classification of particular municipal functions as governmental with immunity on the one hand, and proprietary with liability on the other hand, is confused, inconsistent and difficult, so that our rules for solving these problems are “ as logical as those governing French irregular verbs.” Weeks v. Newark, 62 N. J. Super. 166, 178, aff'd 34 N. J. 250; Prosser, Torts 1005 (3d ed. 1964). This court has not granted immunity to charities and there is no more reason to retain it for municipal corporations. Welch v. Hospital, 90 N. H. 337.